Senior Finance Manager - Defence FP&A

at  RollsRoyce

JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Finance Manager
Full time hours
Bristol /Hybrid working

• Deliver business performance insight by understanding the business strategy and its translation into financial impacts. Guide decision-making processes through provision of holistic contextual information.
• Analyse the Defence product portfolio, operations and functions, providing depth and breadth of financial performance insight through multiple lenses, examining historical trends, current performance and future progression, determining business actions to achieve them.
• Work with the Financial Controller - Defence and sub-business FDs to analyse financial variances with reference to operational drivers in order to deliver insight and provide a forward-looking view and management options
• Be accountable for the planning, budgeting, actuals and forecasting processes within the Sector for Headcount, Operating Costs and Order Intake, and drive continuous improvement to increase the effectiveness of the performance management processes.
• Work closely with the VP Finance Engineering Procurement & IT to forecast, report and analyse operating costs within the Division, seeking opportunities to steer business performance and identify cost efficiencies.
• Provide support and expertise to the Sector HFM/VBM super user, providing cover when necessary, utilising experience to provide guidance and insight.
• Ad hoc support to other finance areas as necessary.
• Provide insight relating to business performance through data mining and focussed analysis, working with the sub-business FDs to analyse financial performance trends and variances, examining underlying operational drivers and assessing opportunities and hazards to provide a forward-looking view and steering actions
  Who we are looking for ?
  At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to have experience of:

• In depth knowledge and experience of VBM, HFM & SAP systems is essential
• Business Acumen
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working with others
• Analytical finance experience.
• Prior experience in working in FP&A teams.
• Industry related experience with a Finance Function.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
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