About the Role
We are seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Lead who will be responsible for the design and implementation of the future ERP management information and financial planning and reporting requirements.
Reporting to the ERP workstream lead, the role is accountable to the Stratus programme for delivery, and works with the finance directorate to establish business requirements and ensure professional accounting quality standards are met.
This role will lead the development of the ICR’s organisational performance reporting within the future ERP, in collaboration with digital services, finance colleagues and colleagues from across the professional services directorates.
The role will lead the implementation of budgeting and forecasting functionality within the ERP to support effective ICR planning and budgeting, and play a key role in the development of new Finance Chart of Accounts to support the efficient, standardised recording and reporting of financial data in line with business and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- In collaboration with colleagues across the Stratus and Planning & Strategy teams, lead on the development of the ICR management information tool within the ERP, to provide ICR leadership and management with dynamic BI visualisation and reporting. The work will incorporate management accounts, management information dashboards and KPIs.
- Lead on the development of the ICR planning, budgeting and forecasting functionality and templates within Stratus ERP planning & analytics platform, to deliver robust, integrated tools to support the ICR planning cycle.
- Co-ordinate with finance Data Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support the design and implementation of the ICR’s new ERP chart of accounts and supporting cost centre, coding, and management information hierarchy to meet statutory and management reporting requirements.
- Support the existing ERP data review and cleansing exercise, including developing efficient approaches to reviewing and evaluating data requirements, to provide support and expertise around the reconciliation and data assurance across the ERP financial data migration strategy, and on the strategy for future reporting on legacy data.
About You
We are looking for a qualified accountant, ideally with further qualifications in a relevant financial discipline. You will have strong technical accountancy skills with a knowledge base to collate, model and analyse data. You will have experience of undertaking financial planning and budgeting, including scenario modelling, over a multi-year horizon.
Other skills will include:
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
Communication, influencing and negotiation skills
Flexibility and resilience, able deliver results on time, under pressure.
Problem solving and analysis
What We Offer
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
- Competitive salary and pension
We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Georgia Jones via [email protected].