Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

At Smart, our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing, across all generations, around the world.

The Role

We are looking for an FP&A manager to support the Group FP&A and Corporate finance function as we continue to develop and refine our processes to create best-in-class financial analysis and reporting.  This role will pay a critical role in cash flow management and developing detailed analysis to support the business in various investment decisions and growth initiatives. We’re looking for a driven individual who has exceptional attention to detail and has experience working in a fast-paced and varied environment.

• Support the Head of Corporate Finance on financing, M&A and cashflow management activities
• Build and develop models to support commercial pricing as well as revenue / cost business initiatives as required 
• Support the Head of FP&A in the running of the Group budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes
• Support the preparation of the monthly Group management reporting, ad hoc analyses and accompanying narrative 
• Help to optimise the preparation and reporting of management information by working closely with the business and data science team to deliver meaningful insights to decision makers
• Review and analysis of key management KPIs for SPMT to provide actionable insight for management team as required
• Actively participate in and drive various ad hoc projects in support of the Group Finance Director and CFO

Requirements

The skills, experience, and aptitudes we are looking for are listed below but please don’t be discouraged from applying if you don’t meet every single one of these criteria – having a ‘can do’ attitude is sometimes more important than being able to tick every box:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)
• Strong commercial acumen and appreciation of performance drivers
• Experience of working in fast-paced, analytical environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to clearly communicate complex analysis and financial data to non-finance professionals
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and drive new business processes
• Experience in financial services or technology sectors is beneficial
• Advanced Excel skills that enable data to be manipulated and presented professionally
• Anaplan, Power BI or other intelligence tools would be beneficial
• Netsuite experience beneficial

Who we are

We work in partnerships with governments and financial institutions in the UK and internationally. Our cloud-native digital platform is revolutionising how people around the world think about, and save for, their retirement. 

At heart, we’re a financial technology business. What we do is all about innovation, and using the power of digital change to put the customer first. Our Engineers will tell you that working at Smart gives you the opportunity to play your part in developing world-class technological solutions, working with – and learning from – like-minded people.

You’ll also find that, across our business, our colleagues love Smart’s culture, and how what we do means better financial outcomes for savers. That feels worthwhile, and it means that what we do, collectively, goes way beyond the nine to five of a typical working day.

Don’t just take our word for it – you can see what our colleagues say about working at Smart on LinkedIn Life and Glassdoor.

Benefits

At Smart, one of the eight principles we work to is “We want happy and good people in our team”. We created a list of benefits that helps us achieve this goal: 

• 25 days’ holiday per year, increasing with length of service.  
• £500 annual training budget to spend on your professional development 
• Extensive private healthcare, including dental, eyecare and EAP 
• Enhanced sick leave (three months’ pay per year)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity (maternity – 6 months fully paid/paternity – 3 weeks fully paid)
• Death in service insurance cover 
• Fully-paid five-week sabbatical after five years of employment
• In office wellbeing, such as manicures, massages and barbers. We also serve free lunch, breakfasts and social drinks weekly. 
• Smart employees also enjoy a 50% discount on orders from our sister company Arena Flowers, Britain's most ethical florist. They offer unique hand-tied bouquets, luxury flowers, letterbox flowers, plants and gifts to spend on friends and loved ones or even for yourself.

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We think Smart is an awesome place to work. If it sounds like somewhere you’d like to work, too, and if you’re ready to play your part in our continued success in the future, then naturally we’d love to meet you.