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Belfast, Antrim
Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
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At Pearson, we're committed to a world that's always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it's one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology - and each other to surpass these boundaries - we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world's innovations, personal and global, large and small. Role overview: Pearson created a dedicated finance shared service centre in 2016 as part of a major efficiency program. Pearson Financial Services (PFS) is a central component of global Finance Operations strategy within Pearson, which provides a full spectrum of financial services to our internal customers across the suite of Pearson business based within the UK and North America. We are looking to recruit a very experienced Finance Manager who will be responsible for the delivery of planning, budgeting & forecasting alongside management reporting & analysis services to internal customers including some of the most senior leaders of a FTSE 100 organisation to aid strategic decision making. Key responsibilities * Overall accountability for day-to-day Financial Planning and Analysis team; * Aid / Input into the annual strategic planning process as required through preparation of analyses, sales & margin plans and other requested supporting information to enable collation of the plan; * Manage the quarterly forecasting processes undertaking reviews with the finance business partners; * Production of month end management information packs, including supporting variance analysis and commentary; * Monthly and quarterly consolidation of management information packs across business areas and roll up to group level showing performance against budget and forecast; * Manage the production of Board level reporting; * Provision of insightful commentary and of ad-hoc analysis / reporting as required outside of the normal month, quarter and year end processes to support decision making; for example, product profitability; cost of sales analysis; customer and product mix. * Working closely with the newly established Reporting Centre of Expertise (RCOE) to drive the development of a set of high quality, reliable and robust standard reports to deliver timely and insightful information to the business customer; * Ensure efficient & effective management and delivery to customers of