Head of Group FP&A

About Us - Our Business:

Glen Dimplex is a privately owned, international group headquartered in Ireland which operates across four main product areas: Heating & Ventilation, Consumer Appliances, Flame and Precision Cooling. Glen Dimplex is one of the world's leading manufacturers of electric heating appliances and is a global leader in the development and delivery of low carbon solutions for space and water heating, cooling, and ventilation. Our purpose is to be a leader in the transition to a more sustainable world. This is underpinned by our ‘Empower Now’ Sustainability strategy.

The Glen Dimplex values are important guiding principles and define the way all employees across the Group work: We Think Customer | We Care About People | We Value Innovation | We Keep It Simple.

Details of Glen Dimplex’s 50-year heritage, our entrepreneurial spirit and innovation power, along with details of our brands can be found on our website

Why work with us?

- Work with an Irish-owned business, with global operations, who’s purpose is to be a leader in the transition to a more sustainable world

- Excellent career progression opportunities in Group HQ and in the business divisions

- Competitive salary, bonus & employer contributed pension

- 25 days annual leave + 2 annual company days.

- Other benefits including generous staff discounts & on-site gym

The Role:

Glen Dimplex is seeking a high-calibre and motivated professional with the relevant experience and analytical mindset to play a key role in the Group’s FP&A team.

The role reports to the Head of Group FP&A.  The successful candidate will be a key member of a high-profile team across the Group, will liaise with the finance teams in each of our divisions and provide business partnering support to our Group functional teams and work on a diverse range of activities.

This role will focus primarily on delivering improved levels of insights of the key drivers of performance across the Group. This role will also actively manage the annual Budgeting & Roadmapping cycle & also the quarterly forecasting cycles, mainly across the Head Office functions, within the Group and monitor on-going performance. The role will involve supporting other various FP&A activities and providing information for planning & decision-making support across the business.

Responsibilities:

- Continue to innovate, through automation and data visualisation, to improve the existing management reporting packs to explain performance and provide actionable insights.

- Partner with the Head Office functions, particularly IT departments, in managing the planning cycle activities.

- Assist with Head Office functions month end process and monitor performance.

- Assist in the preparation of the monthly Group Executive Presentations and Board packs and provide financial information for decision-making support across the business, as and when required.

- Work with the team to deliver the Group’s planning cycle activities across Budgets, Roadmaps, Quarterly forecasts, and Roadmaps and provide insightful analysis by reviewing the key business metrics & trends.

- Assist with other reporting activities including headcount reporting and benchmarking & cashflow forecasting and analysis to improve forecasting accuracy.

- Partner with divisions within the Group to assess performance & trends and provide insights.

- Ensure that all corrective action plans are communicated and followed up as necessary.

- Supporting the team with other various FP&A activities such as: strategic project work, M&A activity, analysis of business cases/capital investments proposals along with competitor, industry, and economic analysis.

Requirements:

About You

- Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data, challenge assumptions, and extract key actionable insights.

- Energetic with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and demonstrated capability to manage projects.

- Team player with ability to work collaboratively and engage with various internal and external stakeholders.

- Highly adaptable and able to manage multiple competing tasks within a fast-paced working environment.

Key skills

- Ability to interpret detailed information and capable of communicating in an easy-to-understand format.

- Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized

- Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to business partner with teams across the Groups’ subsidiary businesses and Group Functions.

Qualifications/Experience

·        Qualified chartered accountant (CA/ACA/ACCA/CPA etc).

·        Minimum of 3 years’ industry experience in a Finance role (specific FP&A experience an advantage).

- Experience of Cognos / SAP / Power BI /Data analytics or other Financial Planning tools an advantage

Location and Travel: Santry. Some travel possibly required.

Our Values:

At Glen Dimplex we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all.

The successful candidate will act as a role model for our company values.