Head of FPA Opex

Job Purpose

• Provide consistent and insightful management information (both forward looking and retrospective) to the members of the finance leadership team, Functional Leaders & Controllers and the BU Management Teams on the Cost of Organization and relevant Balance sheet items.
• Fulfil global requirements around management reporting, forecasting and budgeting. Drive continuous improvement. 
• Deal with ad hoc questions and analysis, therefore, require a high degree of Commercial and ISC knowledge to build strong relationships with the Functional and Business Navigators.
• Supply analytical and predictive insights and develop new capabilities. Therefore, has expert analytical understanding of data, statistics, quantitative analytics and visualization.
• Provide leadership and people management to a team of FP&A analysts

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the FP&A Cost of Organization team:
  • Motivate team to be a high performing team;
  • Ensure clear roles, responsibilities and development plans are in place;
  • Drive engagement and viewpoint action planning.
• Drive all Continuous Improvement initiatives. 
• Support all Group Initiatives and represent FP&A Cost of Organization towards them
• Support Finance leadership team and BU Navigators to plan and steer business results for cost of organization
• Support planning process for relevant cost of organization ensuring consistent information is presented and processes are optimized;
• Finance lead and drive the cost of organization budget and planning cycles:
  • Engage BU finance leads and teams in overall planning / budget process, manage timelines and allocate responsibility;
  • Ensure appropriate checks and data validation is in place;
  • Consolidate data and ensure submitted into corporate systems;
• Ensure that management reporting is transparent and optimized across all units;
• Coordinate Group FP&A corporate processes like budgeting and forecasting. Actively participate in cross (BU) FP&A teams to drive cross learning and engagement

Experience

Experience & Educational Requirements:

• Experience of FP&A or controlling roles in cost of organization across Functional, Commercial and ISC environments
• Good understanding of the drivers of the business both Commercial and ISC
• Experience dealing with corporate requests and requirements.
• Strong grasp of key finance processes.
• 5+ years of experience in managing teams

Skills:

• Can present financial data in a credible manner to senior stakeholders;
• Able to communicate effectively with both senior and junior finance and non-finance colleagues;
• Able to handle multiple priorities and delegate accordingly;
• Able to engage and motivate a team;
• Excellent excel analytical skills;
• Excellent PowerPoint and presentational skills;

Capabilities (per finance capability framework):

• Maintains a flexible approach to constantly changing demands to be able to respond and adapt in a controlled manner;
• Develops team capability to work collaboratively with other teams;
• Develops a team ethos, where people feel valued & appreciated, ensures achievements recognized appropriately;
• Seeks out means to step change and re-engineer businesses processes to maximize value (e.g. service centre concepts, leading edge IT) – drive;
• Owns data integrity management (accuracy/quality/change process) and takes action to ensure sustained;
• Incisive and interpretive reporting, understanding drivers of results and impacts on business decision making;
• Able to provide insightful reporting and to communicate complex issues clearly to finance and non-finance people;
• Recognized outside immediate team as being positive, reliable and responsible;
• Embeds new processes so they are sustainable to deliver ongoing benefit;
• Able to delegate effectively to manage conflicting priorities.