Senior Manager, FP&A Operations - London, United Kingdom - Satalia (NPComplete)

Description

Role Type:
Full Time


Location:
London, UK (Remote)


ASAP

As an organisation, we push the boundaries of data science, optimisation, and artificial intelligence to solve the most complex problems in the industry.

Satalia is a community of individuals devoted to working on diverse and challenging projects, allowing you to flex your skills whilst working with a tight knit team of high performing colleagues.

We are part of VML Commerce & Technology and the flagship AI company of WPP Plc – the largest advertising, creative media, and commerce company in the world.

Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, we're unique in our ability to connect world-class strategic thinking and creative insight, with deep executional capability across technology and operations.

We're part of the WPP Group, which gives us the talent, infrastructure, and support of one of the largest agency networks in the world

We are currently on the search for an FP&A Manager, reporting to the Head of FP&A with direct exposure to senior leadership at both the Satalia and WPP levels.

Serving as an integral member of the Finance team, the FP&A Manager is a highly visible role and will be instrumental in enabling Satalia's financial forecasting, planning, budgeting and analytics tools and processes to support the organisation's strategic goals and provide analytical insight to drive commercial decisions.

This role is a blend of traditional FP&A duties where we leverage defined workflows and processes (which of course you will play a big role in) but also plenty of exposure into ad-hoc projects including but not limited to analytics, operations, commercial strategy, integration, and many more areas where you can make a huge impact and continually challenge yourself

The FP&A team, although relatively new, has a core objective to assist Satalia in enabling effective decision making, with the aim of creating long-term customer and company value.

We provide a tremendous opportunity to learn about various operations within Satalia and the WPP network, working often in cross-functional teams on a variety of mandates.

You will be able to add value immediately, grasp the big picture, and develop versatile business and finance skills that you can leverage in your career.

Support the end-to-end business and strategic planning cycle for Satalia
Provide oversight in managing the P&L and be the key finance contact in conducting analysis to inform key decisions such as resource/capital allocation across lines of business, pricing strategies, new business initiatives, and the evaluation of significant operation contracts
Assist with financial modelling exercises to deep dive into key business trends and performance drivers to provide new insights and influence strategy
Oversee the production of Monthly and Quarterly results pack for all stakeholders, incorporating financial and operational information and commentary
Lead and iterate on profitability reporting by client, project, and business unit with the goal of providing financial transparency to leadership
Own the monthly process around revenue recognition, ensuring there is sufficient documentation and tracking performance against plan
Identify, implement, and track relevant KPIs that inform the business on key trends
Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of Satalia/VML/WPP to drive a deeper understanding of our business model and levers across the organisation
Various Ad-hoc projects including but not limited to:
R&D Tax Incentive process
Supporting the process of transactional finance integration with WPP Plc
Supporting the annual audit and fulfilling SoX controls data requests
Work with the broader finance team to accelerate the maturity of financial processes and administration eg) interco agreements, invoicing, supplier management

The focus of the role will gradually evolve as the needs of the business evolve. 4+ years of experience in Strategic/Commercial Finance or FP&A role within a scaling organisation, or professional services experience viewed favourably
Preferably a Qualified Chartered Accountant, or equivalent eg) CFA, MBA
Able to operate in a rapidly growing and scaling business, comfortable with ambiguity and autonomy, and can strike a balance between speed and accuracy
Naturally inquisitive with a keen eye for detail, along with a high aptitude in collecting, analysing, and synthesising data to draw actionable insights
High degree of conversancy in MS Excel / GSheets and keen to use your abilities to enable more analytical depth around business performance
Flexibility and openness to wearing multiple hats with a proactive desire to add value and improve existing processes to help scale up an AI / Tech company
Benefits - Private Health insurance, life assurance, enhanced pension
Remote working - café, bedroom, beach - wherever works
Impactful projects - focus on bringing meaningful social and environmental change
Truly flexible working hours - school pick up, volunteering, gym - no problem
Generous leave - 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave
Annual bonus - when Satalia does well, we all do well

Satalia is home to some of the brightest minds in AI and if you're looking to join a company who not only values autonomy and freedom, but embraces a culture of inclusion and warmth, we'd love to hear from you.

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