FP&A & BI Manager

The Role:

We currently have a pear-fect opportunity for an FP&A/BI superstar to join our supportive finance team. This is a role with genuine impact, where you will use your strong communication skills to turn numbers into models that our people truly understand.

You will be responsible for financial modelling within Oddbox as well as ensuring the company has relevant BI to understand performance and trends. While we can't always predict the future, you'll be a key part of our forecasting, in collaboration with teams across the business.

Are you looking for genuine role ownership and the potential for growth and personal development? This is a critical role in supporting our CFO and the wider senior leadership team. We’re a small team and this is a hands-on role where you’ll be expected to lead on supporting teams on their modelling work.

Primary responsibilities:

• Provide analysis to support key revenue and cost business initiatives potential expansion initiatives and activities.
• Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecast process in collaboration with the CFO and other key stakeholders. 
• Owning the building of the model across full P&L, BS and Cashflows.
• Provide appropriate support, coaching and challenges to senior teams to deliver forecasts and financial plans which are achievable but drive the growth of Oddbox
• Work with the Financial accountant and budget managers to analyse variances of actual spend vs. budget on a monthly basis.
• Own the Business Intelligence function ensuring accurate and relevant critical data is being distributed on a timely basis for decision-making purposes
• Work closely with the CFO and department teams to produce financial support for any projects
• Lead on automation of forecasts and cash flows from our data warehouse and BI platform
• Develop and track financial KPIs across all locations in collaboration with the Finance Manager.

What we’re looking for:

• Ideally, CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified
• Advanced Excel skills including data manipulation and working with and building complex forecasting models.
• The ability to interpret and present financial information in a visual manner.
• Preparing budgets and forecasts including full balance sheet and cash flow modelling
• Experience in querying and analysing data as well as drawing conclusions on the bigger picture and how that can affect commercial decision making
• Excellent critical thinking and analysis and thinking skills.
• Obsessed with numbers and able to see through the detail
• Can easily move from close detail to high level, and work to tight deadlines when needed. Effective challenger, always looking for a better way of doing things
• Strong interpersonal skills - able to work as part of a team and alone, in a fast paced environment and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Strong problem solving and ability to make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis
• High integrity in line with our company core values (Transparent, Inclusive, Mindful, Entrepreneurial), with a commitment to good governance
• You should be passionate about our mission to end food waste.

• Start date – ASAP
• Duration of role – permanent / full-time
• Location – Our office in Vauxhall provides a great space to work and collaborate. Our finance team spend an average of two days per week in the office with occasional visits to our Distribution Centre in Croydon and other trading partners
• Our Hiring Process-
  • You'll normally hear back from us within 5 days of your application:
  • If your application matches our requirements, we'll arrange an initial call with Fiona-Jane, our Talent Partner
  • If you are successful during the case study, we'll invite you to a skills-based interview with our CFO, Seb.
  • Our final stage is a presentation and second interview with Seb, and another member of our SLT