The Job

You will report to the Global Operations Director, with a dotted line to the Commercial Finance Director, supporting some of our growing corporate functions as well as taking ownership for Group operational KPIs, dashboards and related insights. On the Finance side, you will be responsible for all end to end Financial Planning & Analysis requirements for the non Tech and Product corporate functions (Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR, Management, Innovation, Office and ParentGym as the key functions), to support our continued growth. You will work with our Group teams to develop the system and processes required to produce accurate and relevant management information to enable the business to make effective decisions.

What you’ll be doing

Operational KPIs and insights
Work with users to streamline and/or automate processes for report creation/customisation.
Support and inform on executive decisions by developing innovative performance reporting, dashboards and KPI analytics.
Perform analysis, creation and extraction of data need for managing a diverse operations function with multiple processes. Highlight key trends to relevant functional leads
Involvement with Product and Coach Operational reporting
Identifying anomalous data and examining and eliminating any processes or procedures that contribute to unreliable data being collected
Working closely with the IT department and external tech partners to ensure that the data collection and storage systems are secure and robust
Combine various technologies in order to simplify the data extraction process.
Create process flows diagrams applications and maintain to keep current.
Produce business reporting packs to a high standard of visual presentation appropriate to the audience and seek input from key stakeholders and assessing accuracy ahead of sharing to senior audiences.
Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to identify areas of the business that could benefit from analysis

Financial Reporting

Hands-on review of monthly financial performance of non Tech & Product departments to assess performance against Budget/latest forecasts and clearly identifying key variances/trends.
Manage monthly review meetings with the budget holders and department heads to ensure completeness of the financial records and to document variances to budget.
Through working with the relevant department head, understanding key areas of investment and opportunities to create a monthly rolling forecasts of these departments
Responsibility for maintaining people cost forecasts for these teams reflecting new roles, attrition, and salary changes.
Involvement in month-end and year-end financial processes e.g. accruals and judgements.
Working with the central FP&A function across all Budget, forecast and long term planning cycles to ensure delivery of timely and accurate financial analysis and reporting.
Ad-hoc support for the Group Financial Controller and Commercial Finance Director, particularly during year-end, half-year end and budget cycles.

Key Working Relationships

Global Operations Director – line manager
Director of Product & Coach Operations
Commercial Finance Director
FP&A and Pricing Manager
Group Financial Controller
Non Tech and Product Budget holders

About you

Essential

Qualified accountant with circa 2+ years PQE
International accounting experience, IFRS
Management accountant or business partnering experience
Deeply analytical and numerate with advanced Excel skills
Great communication skills, particularly the ability to explain and set out financial concepts to non-finance trained colleagues
Adept at working within a high growth, fast paced entrepreneurial business
Strong project management & able to prioritise workload, cover all bases and be able to dive into the detail when necessary
Effectively dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, and urgent time critical responses

Desirable

Knowledge of NetSuite ERP and Power BI
Knowledge of Anaplan
Industry experience within L&D, HCM or digital or consultancy sectors
Ability to review data collection processes and assessing the validity of the information stored
Knowledge of the laws surrounding the collecting and processing of data and ensuring that all policies reflect current legislation

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