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Head of Financial Planning and Analysis
West Midlands
Up to £120,000 + benefitsYOU will be responsibility for driving business growth through the provision of timely and accurate information on both past and future performance.Working alongside the Head of Strategy, this role will play a key role in the evolution of the firm's strategy through the financial evaluation of new product proposition design. The role will also be a key interface between Finance and the rest of the business leading on business partnering to help optimise business performance.Key tasks will include production of an annual operating strategic plan, balance sheet management, facilitating business decisions on new and existing pricing, portfolio optimisation initiatives and Prudential returns including the ICAAP, ILAAP and Recovery Plan.The role will require close liaison with all business functions, including; credit risk, commercial and operations. Responsibilities include:-
- Financial forecasting and preparation of the annual operating and strategic plans
- Business partnering across the business including monthly business performance reviews
- Provision of timely data to key stakeholders including Board and Investors
- New and existing business pricing modelling and recommendations to optimise profitable performance and return on equity including the evaluation of forward flow opportunities
- Reporting on the performance of existing commercial relationships and supporting mitigating action where this is required
- Working alongside the Head of Asset and Liability Management to support capital and liquidity planning, including stress scenarios, ALCO forecasting, analysis and documentation
- Ad-hoc financial analysis to identify risks and exposures to optimise portfolio performance
- Defining and configuring of management information reporting requirements
Essential skills
- Experienced qualified accountant
- Excellent excel and modelling skills
- Pricing and project appraisal techniques, including; return on equity, return on risk weighted asset, economic profit, NPV and IRR calculations
- Experience of interrogatory query tools to enable construction and manipulation of datasets
- Knowledge of financial services
- Knowledge of regulatory capital requirements
- Knowledge of balance sheet management
- Ability to present complex modelling in an understandable manner to senior audiences
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Good communicator with the ability to influence and motivate others
- A willingness to face new challenges and responsibilities working as part of a team within a busy, evolving finance function
