FP&A Manager - Engineering

What you'll do:

• Partner with the Engineering & Technology EGMs & GMs, enabling faster and better decision making and performance within groups , consistent with the strategy of both the Engineering & Technology portfolio and Xero
• Lead the finance component of planning, reporting and forecasting for your portfolio
• Build, maintain, and improve dynamic financial models supporting the   organization's budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning
• Execute current year delivery including creation of the annual budget and periodic reporting
• Management of all aspects of workforce planning ensuring FTEs and Open Role Planners are maintained, PO approval, and system inputs for forecasting / budgeting
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Xeroʼs capital allocation framework, reviewing capital expenditure and evaluating investments for the portfolio.
• Actively contribute to and provide support for projects/initiatives undertaken by the Finance team and by the wider Financial Planning team
• Be a proficient user of our planning and reporting systems, not only owning the inputs, but ensuring these are entered in a timely manner as required by reporting and forecasting timelines

Success looks like:

• Creation of strong relationships across the Engineering & Technology portfolio and wider Finance team. 
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the Engineering & Technology drivers and the overall business model 
• Constant evolution of reporting and analysis
• Quality, accuracy and timeliness of deliverables
• Providing insightful analysis of transactional data and financial information
• Building relationships at all levels across the business
• Appropriate budgeting and forecast methods utilised effectively
• Operational reporting, forecasting and budgeting are completed in a robust and timely manner
• Robust business case preparation to ensure appropriate allocation of capital

Critical competencies:

• Exceptional business planning, budgeting/forecasting abilities
• Capability to spin up finance models, understand and reason the implications from an accounting perspective.
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong project management, negotiation and organizational skills and can thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong work ethic and self-motivation.
• Able to work effectively and collaboratively with different members of the team
• Ability to hold budget holders to account to deliver on financial commitments

Experience:

• Strong data manipulation and modeling 
• 5+ years of progressive financial experience within a commercial finance/FP&A team
• Experience with financial systems such as Anaplan, NetSuite and business intelligence tools. Anaplan experience strongly preferred.