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Job Description Summary
We are on a journey to create the future AA, a modern, relevant company for our customers and a great place to work for our colleagues. Our transformation is key to delivering the future AA. Making the right strategic investments is key, and why this role is crucial when it comes to appraising investment opportunities and ensuring promised returns are delivered.
This role will sit within the Roadside Finance team with a dotted reporting line into the Transformation team within COO. Your primary focus will be to support end-to-end programme management, covering governance, portfolio appraisal, cost management, benefit realisation, and post implementation reviews.
Responsibilities
Assist the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis - Road in providing support to the Finance and Transformation teams across investment and cost management through:
* Development of efficient and effective benefits tracking methodology and analysis; tracking of investment benefits through the development of business-led driver analysis that gives forward confidence in portfolio returns
* Consolidation of benefits tracking into meaningful and concise analysis for Board level presentations
* Supporting the prioritisation of annual / ad-hoc Capex spend across the Roadside and Customer Ops portfolio; aligned to the 5 year roadmap
* Working with Accountable Executives, Initiative/Project Managers and Finance Teams to develop robust business cases with OKRs and financial benefits that can be tracked and are embedded in divisional budgets
* Analysing project/program performance to detect early deviations from schedule and cost/benefit plans
* Developing analysis and business models to better understand the AA's cost base and provide insight to support decision making on the allocation of resources across the business
* Participating in continuous improvement initiatives to drive forecasting accuracy, process standardisation / optimisation and PPM tool effectiveness
* Focusing on maintaining and improving financial controls and performance through ensuring all financial procedures and controls are applied as required; and advising non-finance functions on their application
* Developing and maintaining a broad knowledge of Roadside commercial activities and related KPIs and metrics
* Monitoring and driving the commercial success of the Roadside division
The Individual
Capability, Knowledge and Experience
* Business planning, strategy and business case development with experience in B2C and B2B services desirable
* Strong financial analysis and excel modelling skills; develop benefit tracking / analysis capability
* Experienced in investigating, developing and appraising solutions to commercial opportunities with a high attention to detail
* Strong understanding and experience of investment, financial and business controls
* Strong ability to work at senior levels of the organisation to solve complex problems
* Excellent organisational and planning skills, with proven ability to work independently
Education & Qualifications
This is a highly numerate and analytical role - while there are no specific educational requirements for this, it is expected that the successful candidate will have one or more of the following:
* Graduate calibre (or equivalent of experience)
* Accountancy qualification
* Training in economics, business or finance
Personal Characteristics:
* Open, honest and collaborative style
* Strong growth mindset
* Relentless focus on accuracy, quality and attention to detail
* Flexible and able to balance multiple projects/priorities
* Intellectual curiosity and a passion to solve complex problems
* Organised, logical, numerate, fact-based
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing compelling presentations and presenting these to senior stakeholders
