The Company

Able Bridge Recruitment are thrilled to be working with a challenger business in the recruitment of a senior financial planning and analysis specialist on an initial 3 month contract with a view to permanency.

This vacancy is a newly created role and will report to the chief financial officer who is located internationally but will also work close very closely/line managed by the head of finance who is Edinburgh based. The position will be office based for at least 3 days per week and theoretically could be worked from either Edinburgh or London (Strong desire for the role to be Edinburgh based and frequent travel to Edinburgh will be required).

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to provide M&A support, financial modelling expertise, BCapital funding advice and land acquisition support.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following:

• Develop and maintain robust financial models to assist senior leadership in evaluating group performance and ensuring alignment with corporate strategy
• Including building operational projections and financial models, evaluating deal impacts on earnings and cashflow on M&A activity
• Preparation and ownership of annual budget
• Supporting and developing all aspects of financial planning, forecasting and analysis including but not limited to:
  • Maintain rolling forecast and variance analysis, adapting to a high-growth business
  • Reviewing the impact of decisions on cashflow
  • Collaborate and building relationships with divisional and regional leaders across the business to ensure alignment during budget and forecasting processes
• Support non-finance stakeholders in managing their cost budgets
• Support wider finance team to identify and implement process improvements
• Provide ad-hoc analysis to support in evaluating financial opportunities and risks