FP&A Manager

As Senior FP&A Manager you will lead development and delivery of OUPs FP&A Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting capability (including people, processes, technology and data) to support Finance Business Partners and the FP&A Divisional Leads forecasting, planning and budgeting needs.,

• Lead the design, innovation and standardisation of Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting processes across OUP to support Finance Business Partners and the FP&A Divisional Leads in their activity. This includes establishing the timetable, assumptions and the processes to gather data, compile information and review the outputs as they develop through the iterations necessary.
• Interact with and challenge Business Partners and Divisional management teams on assumptions and conclusion to ensure rigour in analysis.
• Bring additional cross OUP Divisional or Group function insights to analysis including market knowledge, historical information, provisions, accruals and reasons for variances and provide direction to sub team members on how to use the information.
• Develop complex reports, models and approaches using analysis and problem-solving skills to support projects where there may be incomplete or conflicting data and provide recommendations.
• Analyse existing and forecast finance information to ensure that information is accurate, providing detailed explanations on errors or variances that have occurred against budget. Where errors are found provide information and analysis and to Finance Operations to correct the postings.
• Provide advice on cost control to all OUP staff to ensure correct financial processes and procedures are followed and Group accounting policies are adhered to.
• Work with the data team in FP&A to improve data quality and flow to perform FP&A activities.
• Identify data quality issues and work with the data team and help to resolve the issues, providing analysis and insight.
• Understand and communicate complex OUP finance information clearly to colleagues and help to make it understood.
• Identify and propose radically alternative approaches and techniques in finance activities, processes and procedures and work with the FP&A team to continually improve processes.
• Coach team members in development opportunities required to develop as a Finance professional.
• Identify personal interests and developmental needs and adopt a continual learning ethos to build hard and soft skills necessary to develop into a rounded finance professional.
  
  To be successful in this role, you should have:
• Finance qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Experience of problem solving and analysis techniques to define problems
• Successfully provided and implemented new ideas
• Experience of leading teams to deliver projects to deadlines
• Experience of prioritising and dealing with multiple demands
• Ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to business leaders
• Commitment to continual personal professional development
• High level of competence in excel
  
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  We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.