Financial Planning Assistant in Derby, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Ford & Stanley Interim- The Rail Recruitment specialists are seeking a Financial Planning Assistant to support our Rail client in the delivery of strategic business planning and decision making.
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity to support a thriving digital rail business that is leading the way bringing the UK's rail infrastructure into the 21st century.
The aim of this role is to support the Financial Planning Analyst / Finance Manager in the delivery of strategic business planning and decision making, via robust financial planning and analysis, throughout the business cycle.
Location: Bradford on Avon
Role and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the FM, tasks shall include, but not be limited to:
- Supporting the budget / mid-term review (MTR) process, from 'cradle to grave',
- Supporting cost reporting structures to monitor cost centre expenditures on a monthly basis
- Supporting forecast of future financial performance, based on current/predicted revenue and cost profiles
Budgets / MTR process:
- Setting up the document management system (DMS) structure for each budget / MTR cycle
- Managing / policing the DMS process, from 'cradle to grave'
- Taking appropriate minutes for each review meeting
- Responsibility for maintaining the Excel integrity of the cost centre input workbooks (data / formulas)
- Ad hoc tasks requested by the Financial Planning Analyst/FM
- Supporting improvements, including efficiency, auditability, documentation, single point of failure
Cost management:
- Reporting to cost centre managers on their costs
- Working with Financial Accounts to correct miscodes, agree line-by-line GL detail, align cost understanding
- Supporting monthly cost centre meetings to discuss costs, variances, and action plans
- Supporting cost reduction exercises, including reporting to management
- Supporting improvements, including efficiency, auditability, documentation, single point of failure
Essentials
- Good knowledge of budgeting and cost control
- AAT part qualified / qualified
- Sage 50 experience
- Advanced Excel user
- Very good attention to detail with strong organisation skills
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver outputs in tight timescales
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in maintaining safeguards / validation checks in Excel
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Work closely with cost centre managers, whilst maintaining the independence of a Finance Professional
- Ability to clearly explain financial concepts to non-financial people
- Experience of using and / or creating Excel models
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