FPA Manager
MPB, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are MPB, the world’s largest online platform for used photography and videography equipment.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brighton, Brooklyn and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.
MPB has raised multiple rounds of venture capital and private equity funding, most recently 50m Series D in April 2021, and is listed in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100.
As part of our growth we are expanding our Finance team in Brighton and seeking an experienced FPamp;A Manager. This will be our first FPamp;A hire and we are looking for someone to take ownership of the function and continue our journey as a forward focused finance team.
Whilst this is our first FPamp;A hire, we anticipate that this function will continue to grow under your leadership.
Key responsibilities
- Develop an efficient and seamless annual budgeting process, working collaboratively with the Financial Controller, CFO, and the Exec team to set the targets
- Measure progress against budget on a monthly and quarterly basis, ensuring accountability for the results and commercial awareness of business drivers
- Build an efficient forecasting and rolling forecast process
- Taking ownership of the three year financial model and rolling 12 month forecast for Pamp;Ls, balance sheets and cash flow statements
- Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly mgt accounts (including valuable business insight, variance analysis and management discussion amp; analysis)
- Track financial risks and opportunities as well as identify business levers to deliver the plan each month
- Drive process improvements, working with the business and Finance team
- Assist with fundraising (modeling and preparation of due diligence)
Requirements
- CIMA / ACCA qualified or other Chartered Accountant qualification.
- Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail and very strong Excel skills
- Self motivated and highly organised
- Able to deal confidently amp; effectively with all stakeholders including the Exec team
- Comfortable having challenging conversations with people and holding them to account
- Constantly trying to improve processes and make them more efficient
- Comfortable dealing with large volumes of data and deriving insight through analysis and manipulation of the data
- Capable of managing amp; creating own workload
Why should you apply?
As our first FPamp;A hire, this is the ideal opportunity for you to take full ownership of this function and grow your own team.
You will also be building on solid foundations from our CFO and Financial Controller and implementing processes which will have a direct impact on the business.
Benefits
We support our staff and their careers in every way we can.
We provide 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, 4% employer contributory pension scheme, private healthcare from your start date and flexible hybrid working options.
You will also have access to our EAP, a range of employee discounts, a buzzing social calendar and a dog friendly workplace.