FP&A Manager | Central MCR (Hybrid) | £55,000 - £60,000 | PE Backed Sports/RetailAxon Moore have exclusively partnered with an exceptionally exciting sports/e-commerce retailer in Manchester who have created a new role for a CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified FP&A Manager to join their team on a full time permanent basis. This SME business have recently received a substantial PE injection. On the back of this investment, they have aggressive plans to triple turnover to £100m+, opening up new sites in every major city across the globe and go through an IPO.Responsibilities include:

• Preparation/review of the company budget and 3-year plan progression
• Build and maintain a rolling forecast model to ensure the business is able to react quickly to deviations to the base budget
• Review financial results and provide detailed sales and margin variance analysis vs budgets/forecasts at a granular category and locale level
• Business partnering with cross-functional teams, primarily the data structure, supporting in commercial decision making by communicating MI to the Senior Leadership Team
• Provide data driven insights to identify opportunities through customer and product analysis
• Helping to shape and drive decision making, supporting the CEO, CGO and FD in understanding the drivers of performance
• Ad-hoc reporting to support commercial finance, account teams and the wider business

Ideal candidate: 

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) with existing experience in an FP&A or Business Partnering capacity
• Strong character, ambitious with good social skills, who is able to confidently talk through the numbers in meetings
• Results driven and detail oriented. Someone who can be trusted to deliver and take the role to the next level
• A track record of driving process improvements and optimizing financial performance
• Excellent stakeholder management ability, diplomatic, team player

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