Forecasting Manager

Description

Forecasting Manager

Our client a leading mobile operator is looking for a Forecasting Manager to work within the Financial, Planning and Analysis team to be responsible for the production, presentation and clear articulation of annual, quarterly and rolling monthly forecasts for margin. This involves building strong relationships with Marketing, Sales and Finance Business Partners/Commercial finance to ensure high quality and accurate forecasting, understanding trends and impacts.

The Forecasting Manager will be required to have detailed knowledge of the key profitability drivers within each P&L and a clear understanding of performance to drive effective decision-making.

Key responsibilities:-

• Own forecast/budget process for Contract Voice which involves producing rolling annual, quarterly and in-month margin forecasts and to be responsible for review/understanding of other forecasts produced by the forecasting analyst
• Work with the P&L teams within Commercial finance and the wider business to understand key profitability and customer base drivers and ingest these into the forecast models
• Use this understanding of baseline margin and customer base performance to produce an underlying 'run rate' performance view for the Product P&Ls
• Work with key representatives in the Sales and Marketing teams and Commercial Finance to understand business plans and include the impact of these into the forecast, clearly identifying the difference between underlying performance and growth initiatives
• Understand the drivers of actual vs forecast variances and incorporate any impacts into the rolling forecasts
• Provide insight into any growth opportunities
• Quarterly presentation of forecast to Marketing Director and Sales Director
• Presentation of rolling forecasts to Head of FP&A and Head of Commercial Finance
• Presentations to include key business drivers, underlying performance, initiatives included and key variances to the previous official forecast/budget
• Work with Marketing team to produce the quarterly data usage forecast for delivery to CTO
• Manage, lead and develop a Finance Analyst
• Provide ad-hoc support to Head of FP&A.

The Forecasting Manager needs to be someone who is ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified with a proven knowledge of MS Office applications including Excel, Word and Powerpoint, be able to demonstrate strong commercial acumen and analytical skills whilst building effective relationships with multiple stakeholders. For further information and to apply please contact.