Title:

Manager - Forecasting, Planning & Analysis

Location:

United Kingdom (Berkshire, Berkshire)

Salary:

GBP 40,000 to GBP 45,000 per year

Description:

With revenues of over $1bn, presence in 17 countries and almost 7000 employees worldwide, this organisation is rightly regarded as one of the leaders in its area of the services sector. Supporting a variety of clients on a number of projects the Groups continued expansion has been safeguarded by a number of new initiatives and business development opportunities. A role now exists to support the US-based Director of Forecasting, Planning and Analysis. Key responsibility is to assist in the bottom up budgeting process along with regional business analysis for projects, brands and location. You will act as lead on all management reporting requirements, including global consolidation of business plans, business analytics and scenario development.The main duties and responsibilities of the role include the provision of value added business analysis support for the Finance organisation and all other business stakeholders. One of the key requirements of the role is to assist in the development of a bottoms up business planning process for all projects across the organisation including all required linkages on a cross functional basis. To facilitate this, the successful candidate will be directly involved in the development of business planning, KPI development, developing systems and processes for evaluating and analysing profitability by project, brand and location and providing support for business case reviews and scenario development.This role will suit a qualified accountant with c.5 years PQE, strong analytical and problem solving skills and demonstrable experience of linking operational levers to financials.Strong analytical and problem solving skills, ability to present complex information in a simplified fashion to facilitate information, excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent time management and prioritisation and advanced Excel skills.