British Council - Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Context and environment:

The FP&A team is supporting the UK FP&A team with preparing the monthly reports and assisting with the planning and forecasting activities. The team works with the UK FP&A team, Finance Business partners and the Regional Decision person.

Purpose of job:

This role will develop strong collaborative relationships with the Master data and SAP team to ensure integrity of financial information, and with UK-based counterparts for successful delivery of month end Management Information and Financial Planning and Forecasting processes.

Accountabilities:

Ensure sufficient input and support for the Month End Reporting, Planning and Forecasting process

- Perform month end and planning & forecasting activities without errors & in line with the agreed timetable with UK stakeholders.

- Review the month end reporting packs prepared by the team to ensure accuracy and completeness of the financials and develop financial commentary independently for the key performance drivers.

- Work with the stakeholders to take on additional reports for different SBU's / Regions / Business verticals.

- Work towards enhancing the business knowledge to support the stakeholders in developing 1st level business commentary independently.

- Develop and implement controls in the existing reports to reduce manual intervention and emphasize more on analysis.

- Ensure secondary level ownership through extended learning and successful delivery on areas pertaining to Planning Manager.

- Manage relationships with the stakeholders involving other COE strands, UK FP&A team, Finance Business Partners and Regional Finance controllers.

- Identify process improvement opportunities within the process, discuss and obtain sign off from the stakeholders and work towards implementing them.

- Develop & review KPI's for the monthly deliverables and proactively engage in with the stakeholders to obtain sign off

- Manage the end to end KT process for the new activities being transitioned from UK / Regions.

- Work on complex situations that are critical to the business and need immediate resolution.

- Act as the 1st point of contact for escalation & all audit issues relating to month end reporting.

- Act as an SME for the Management Information Reporting and Month End process and knowledge sharing to the team