FP&A Lead

Andover, Hampshire
Boss Professional Services

OUTSIDE IR35 – 9 MONTH CONTRACT – ASAP START – HYBRID WORKING (ANDOVER)

Transforming WHAT we do and HOW we do it.

We are embarking on an ambitious program of business transformation enabled by the implementation of a new global technology solution. The delivery and embedding of this technology solution across our highly successful and highly de-centralized business will change the way we work forever, enabling greater data insight, simplification of processes and ways of working and creating greater collaboration across the business.

Vision

Blending the best of local agility, connected technology and global simplification to deliver new possibilities and insights that will fuel our future growth.

Purpose

The FPO will work in partnership with the relevant functional GPO and will play a critical role in the successful implementation of our new global ERP system and its ongoing contribution to business performance and transformation.

The FPO will work closely with the GPO to divide and conquer’ the work required to oversee the design, implementation, and execution of Financial Planning & Analysis. They will also be required to understand the integration between their own process areas and other connected dependencies and functional areas.

The FPO will require excellent communication skills to ensure they remain completely joined up’ with the GPO regarding the approach to and deliverables of the global processes in their functional area ensuring consistency and that all aspects of the E2E processes are covered.

This role is primarily focused on the delivery of the Wave 2 rollout for Financial Planning & Analysis. The Wave 2 solution covers the 4 UK based business units, UK&I, Supply Chain, International Markets and HQ. It will offer exposure across our global business and will provide opportunity for growth and development.

Key Stakeholders

• Local Process Owners
• System integration partner
• Enterprise Architect and business analysts
• Other external experts as necessary
• Program Leadership Team
• Design Authority
• OCM
• Data Team
• Other GPOs and Business Process Leads

Key Responsibilities

• Working under the guidance of the GPO to deliver Wave 2 FP&A rollout through the following phases of the programme:
• Working with the GPO and LPOs to design the Global Wave 2 in-scope reports, ensuring final product is line with requirements and global vision.
• Ensuring documentation fully reflects requirements and design decisions for the end- to-end solution.
• Ensuring the testing scenarios are fit for purpose, monitoring of defects identified and supporting defect resolution.
• Challenge the business on the status quo and existing ways of working within their E2E processes to ensure we are truly leveraging the potential of the system to deliver better more simplified processes.
• Review process design decisions and address implementation issues and questions about project scope ensuring sign off by the GPO as required.
• Identify the steps and activities required to deliver the process design ensuring an understanding of the key processes.
• Working with the GPO, ensure effective policies and controls are in place to mitigate risk.
• Ensure that defined data standards, tools and methods are used to support data migration activities.
• Escalate strategic, cross-GPO issues as needed to the GPO for further escalation as required.
• Leverage working relationships within the programme and across business functions.
• Develop communication network with Local Business Process Owners.
• Support the OCM (organisational change management) function to identify key change issues or pain points’ that we can proactively manage to ensure a smooth transition and buy-in to the program.Ensure the solution is adopted effectively within each Business Unit, thus maximising the business benefit.
• Providing support to the business units during the hypercare phase, incident management and solution resolution.

Essential Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Finance, experience within commercial financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting knowledge would be preferred.
• Experience in financial reporting and dashboard design
• Operational experience in designing & delivering change/continuous business process improvements.
• Experience in implementing ERP systems
• Experience in working with SAP or SAP Analytics Cloud

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong organisational skills and pro-active
  • Ability to work in a fast-changing environment & good at dealing with ambiguity.
  • Excellent relationship building skills and proven stakeholder management skills.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills
• Ability to lead regular meetings ensuring goals are met and tasks are being completed.
• Building good relationships with Local Process Owners
• Demonstrable technical ability both in finance and IT
• Financial analysis and planning skills

Behaviours

• Proven track record in challenging the status quo & delivering results
• Passionate about the company’s vision for its future and about being part of the journey to get there
• Highly credible with strong business acumen
• Growth mindset
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Radical thinking and challenging mindset, not someone who is happy with just incremental improvements
• Highly resilient and embraces change and challenge
• Acts as an ambassador for the Program
• High levels of cultural awareness
• Proactive approach
• Takes initiative and ownership of jobs to be done