Senior FP&A Manager - Group FP&A

Senior FP&A Manager – Group FP&A

Hybrid

Derby

We are seeking an analytical, detail oriented and highly collaborative Senior FP&A Manager to support our group-wide financial planning and performance management for the Group.

This role provides a fantastic opportunity to: understand drivers of group performance and key topics impacting the CFO/ CEO; contribute to and gain an awareness of group-wide performance processes; and gain exposure to Group Functions and Senior Leadership.

Our Group FP&A roles operate in a highly matrixed, global environment and partner closely with senior leadership, divisional finance teams, Group Engineering, Capital, Procurement, Corporate, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, M&A, Strategy and Transformation.

Reporting directly to the Head of Financial Planning & Forecasting and acting as a Partner to the EVP Group FP&A, the team are accountable for delivering Group- level insight and robust forecasts/ plans for the CEO and CFO to proactively drive performance and support statutory/ governance requirements. Responsibilities of the team span in-year forecasts, Budget, 5YP, Strategic Initiatives, Remuneration performance, Strategic (long-term) and other plans (such as those supporting Statutory Reporting (e.g. TCFD, Viability, Going concern)) - from supporting initial target setting through to identifying interventions to drive performance.

The ideal candidate brings experience navigating the complexity of a large-listed company, including segment reporting, consolidated forecasting, executive-level reporting, and disciplined financial governance, combining strong financial modelling with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and translate complex financial data into clear business recommendations.

What you will be doing 

 Accountabilities of the roles in the team are aligned at Group and/ or Functional and/or business level across the above processes, with agility expected on tasks assigned, specifically covering:

Analysis and Insight – identifying and communicating performance interventions

• Articulating financial performance in the context of external data and business drivers: including simplifying accounting, commercial arrangements and data to explain performance

• Identifying performance interventions/ highlighting improvements for a CFO briefing

Reporting – presented to meet stakeholder requirements and support analysis/ control

• Defining/ creating Group-level reports to meet stakeholder requirements and support plan control activities (including KPIs/ metrics); Ensuring completeness in an ‘agile’/ ambiguous environment

• Applying thought-leadership in data presentation and consistency with/ improvement of the Group’s Integrated Performance Management framework

• Producing written reports/ presentations for consideration in/ use in senior reports

• Driving simplification and insight, including systemisation and ‘actuals’ consistency, influencing through change requests/ change council

Controlling  – integrity and credibility of numbers captured for reporting

• Monitoring, driving and supporting FP&A teams to comply against process and deliverables; ensuring reports/ analysis/ forecast/ plans/ are robust in the context of group policies, including: Progressing inputs/ submission co-ordination; IPM quality checks

• Driving the quality and integrity of analysis, forecasts, plans and explanations provided; ensuring consistency with other reports and data, including:

  • Constructively challenging data/ analysis through judgement/ business understanding

  • Data control checks (e.g. group offsets; consistency in group-wide assumptions)

  • Compliance with policy (e.g. NUL)

  • Professional judgement in ensuring data/ analysis released is appropriate/ understood

Process, Data and Governance – defining and driving a well governed, simple process

For Group processes/ modelling assigned:

• Proactively defining and influencing requirements and deliverables from Group-level and Functional Stakeholders

• Cascade requirements and assumptions through clear communication of timetables, assumptions/ guidance, instructions and templates- to support data requirements and capture

• Eliciting key assumptions/ inputs required to deliver the process and outputs

• Governed and controlled data publication and analysis

Modelling/ Scenarios – additional what-if analysis for impact assessments and reporting

• Modelling, Scenario and Sensitivity analysis to assess assumption changes and meet reporting requirements (e.g. statutory)

• Proactive tracking of expected performance arising from business reviews (‘ready reckoner’)

• Support in target setting (E.g. Guidance; RemCo targets) and ‘Scorecards’ calculations

Other

• Ad hoc analysis commensurate with the grade/ additional projects to ‘transform’ FP&A 

Why Rolls-Royce? 

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference. 

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. 

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.  

Who we’re looking for 

Our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Professionally qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or equivalent relevant experience

• Highly analytical with a curious mindset and detail oriented

• Impactful Senior Finance leader who can influence across different levels to drive outcomes. Able to build effective working relationships with a diverse range of individuals and teams, managing the interaction between the Divisions, Group Finance, the functional areas

• Demonstrable business understanding; breadth, judgement and commercial acumen

• Solid grasp of the Group’s accounting policies, and construct of the financial statements, including sound technical understanding of more complex Group areas (e.g. FX)

• Strong communication and presentation skills (written, verbal); Able to distil and simplify complex data and information

• Hands-on knowledge of finance systems (HFM and VBM); Modelling/ advanced excel skills

• Ability to prioritise and work under minimal supervision

• Delivery focussed, with ability to set requirements under ambiguity

• Organised, flexible and resilient 

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business. 

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to  

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. 

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.   

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. 

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy 

Grade:  Management Level B

For further information, please contact:  Alison Connaughton