Corporate Reporting & Forecasting Manager – FP&A

The Finance team play a key role in the success at ASDA and the Financial Planning (FP&A) team are very much at the heart of Finance with our Exec board and Wal-Mart as our key customers.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the team, being responsible for owning and developing our corporate forecasting and reporting process. However, the role is not just about adding up the numbers. The candidate will be expected to analyse them, use their judgment and the network that they develop to really understand our corporate performance - making sure we give the right visibility of the right issues at the right time.

In summary this is a very commercial and analytical role and you will require strong influencing and networking skills to work at all levels of the Finance team. This is a great opportunity for a colleague with lots of drive and potential to work in a high profile and fast paced Finance team that develops talent and future leaders in finance.

What you’ll be responsible for:Organisation & delivery of the monthly corporate forecast processDriving analysis and stakeholder engagement across the Finance team to understand, challenge and help evaluate performanceCompetitor financial reporting and analysing external market performanceSupporting our corporate financial reporting to the UK Board and WalmartEstablishing, maintaining and developing financial control across our forecast process and reporting
About you:
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build credible relationships and influence key stakeholdersStrong commercial awareness – Ability to critically evaluate and clearly articulate commercial performanceTeam player & can do attitude - Motivated to get the job done and deliver to tight timelines; actively seeking accountability and opportunityHighly analytical approach with an eye for detailCompetent Excel skills and ideally you will have knowledge of Essbase, SAP and Anaplan systemsQualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a minimum 1-2 years Post Qualified Experience