FP & A Manager

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Job Purpose

As a FP&A Manager, you will play a crucial role in the Group’s financial strategic planning. Your technical proficiency, strategic mindset, and analytical acumen will contribute to the precision and efficacy of financial decision-making within the organization.

You will report into and work closely with the Director of Group FP&A to support planning and performance reporting against a breadth of strategic objectives. This will include contributing to the future strategic decision making of the Group and identifying, analysing and reporting on internal and external risks and opportunities to these strategic objectives.

About Group Finance

In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.

It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support.

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Action and support Group Planning & Strategy
• Develop strategic partnership with CFO and Director of Group FP&A as a trusted advisor
• Lead and manage Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) process and outputs including annual budgeting, forecasting and long range planning
• Own the strategic planning (IR) model - Leverage business insights, scenario modelling and analysis to develop financial models and drive commercial decision-making and complex problem-solving
• Lead capital allocation/investment process, consolidation, reporting and ROI analysis
• Lead CGU impairment and dividend modelling
• Challenge, highlight and investigate areas of opportunity for strategic recommendations; identify emerging themes to drive future value opportunities
• Drive the preparation of relevant papers for the Board and Executive Team
• Drive the preparation of financial information for external Investor reporting
• Closely follow-up macro-economic developments and assess impacts toward business with particular focus on FX
• Support the month-end process and reporting, perform variance analysis on performance against Group plan
• Drive continuous improvement across Group FP&A processes
• Partner with Group FP&A Reporting and Analytics, Group Financial Control and Divisional Finance
• Support the Corporate Development Director on M&A activity:
• Identify and evaluate potential target companies against the Group’s acquisition criteria
• Support financial due diligence efforts in potential mergers and acquisitions
• Project manage the financial integration of acquisitions working as a liaison between acquisition sponsor, Group finance and operational finance functions
• Monitor and analyse ongoing performance of acquisitions against approved business plans
• Supervise Finance Analyst:
• Manage, mentor and guide direct report - sharing expertise and knowledge to support growth, learning and development

Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years FP&A or finance business partnering experience, with a track record of managing teams
• Professional certified qualification (CFA/CPA/CA/AAT/CIMA/ACCA/ACA or global equivalent) with post-qualification experience of +2 years.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other business-related discipline
• Strong English language skills
• Expert knowledge in business analysis, analysing large data sets and information management
• Experience in data modelling, and simplifying complex data into compelling, clear, and actionable insights using Excel and reporting tools
• Advanced MS Excel skills with a proven aptitude to interpret customer and financial data
• Good knowledge of core finance systems, ERP and related specialty functional systems, frameworks, and functionality
• Strong digital literacy with financial analysis and modelling skills
• Commercial mindset with an ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with a proactive approach, accustomed to working towards tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality of work
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to lead by example, hold teams, customers, and partners to account

Life at RWS

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

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RWS embraces DEIand promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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