Reporting & Planning Assistant Manager

Job description

Month End Reporting

Preparing, reviewing and maintaining the monthly CFO pack in time for the results meeting so working to tight deadlines.

Building new views and making the changes to the CFO pack when required by the Finance leadership.

Ensuring that all control checks in relation to the CFO pack are completed and all admin has been completed for the monthly files.

Preparation of recurring monthly journals and maintenance of certain hierarchies in the system.

Supporting the MI team in reviewing the monthly ELT pack once its been completed.

Budgeting/Forecasting

Responsible for supporting the BOARD budget model preparation & maintenance which involves liaising with key stakeholders in the business as well as the technical and project management teams at BOARD.

Supporting the manager in ensuring all budget/forecast data is loaded to SAP accurately in a timely manner and all control checks have been completed.

Key contact for all queries coming through during the budgeting and forecasting cycles from stakeholders in the business.

SAP BW

Building and maintaining relationships with SAP CoE colleagues in both Berlin and Sofia to ensure the management and continual enhancement of the BW database and its reporting capability as well as making sure system maintenance and operational downtime have a minimal impact on the UK business.

Ensuring daily and weekly reports are run accurately and in a timely manner and ensuring that all stakeholders are kept up to date if there are any delays/issues.

Investigating any AFO query issues and working with SAP CoE to get them resolved in a timely manner.

Supporting the senior manager with SAP BW enhancements and ensuring all testing is completed and documented for change requests.

Review all hierarchy changes done by the SAP Settings team to ensure that the changes are reflected in the BW correctly.

Other

Assisting in other ad hoc projects as and when required by finance leadership.

Direct Function Cost Reporting - Supporting the DFC reporting process on DFC figures pulled from the ERP and matched to BW, and ensuring the information is published in a timely manner.

Financial Reporting and Accounting and External Auditor requests ranging from headcount data, ICAEW report data and quarterly transparency reports as well as other reports required at year end.

Skills required

Experience with SAP/SAP BW/S4 Hana is preferred.

Good Microsoft Office skills essential, especially Excel. Aptitude for working with data.

Good communication skills - the ability to communicate with all levels of staff and partners and act appropriately on requests.

Proactive thinking but also willing to learn and work as part of a team.

Good organisational skills - ability to manage multiple tasks at the same time.

Attention to detail and respect for confidential information.