Budget & Forecast Specialist

Job title: Budget & Forecast Specialist

Company: BDO


Job description: Ideas | People | TrustWe’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.We’ll broaden your horizonsWorking with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate – like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you’ll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you’ll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm.We’ll help you succeedLeading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.Reporting to the Budget & Forecast Manager, the overall purpose of the role is to assist with the delivery of the firm’s Budget & Forecast process. As part of the wider FP&A team, you will get the opportunity to experience other areas of planning and reporting and ad-hoc projects including transformation.You’ll also:

• Assist in the development and enhance of Budget & Forecast processes to ensure business units are able to complete plans in the most effective and efficient manner
• Develop financial models and other analytical tools that provide management with the instruments to interrogate the performance of the business
• Maintenance of forecasting reports to be used by Finance and central management team during the review process
• Facilitate training sessions for the wider business as needed to enhance knowledge in the use of the firm’s Budget & Forecast tools
• Provide high quality support to the business, handling and resolving complex finance related business queries
• Assist with the deployment of Workday Adaptive Planning; ensuring it is fit for purpose in regards to becoming the firm’s primary Budget & Forecast tool

You’ll be someone with:

• Knowledge of Adaptive Planning or Workday Financials is an advantage, but not a prerequisite
• Strong business acumen; understands the key financial drivers and dynamics related to growth and an organisation’s revenue goals
• Effective financial analysis skills – a keen eye for detail, able to analyse and interpret data, evaluate data and make recommendations based on data and market trends
• Commitment to delivering exceptional client service to internal stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships quickly with stakeholders at all levels
• The ability to collaborate and communicate with multiple stakeholders at all levels, including leadership team and function leaders
• Experience of maintaining Budget & Forecast models; ideally within the Financial Services sector
• Excellent organisation skills and multitasking abilities
• Intermediate to advanced Excel knowledge
• Competent managing own priorities and adhering to multiple, often conflicting, deadlines
• Experience of working within a professional services organisation an advantage
• Part-Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.We’re in it togetherMutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.We’re looking forward to the futureAt BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitionsWe’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.#TJ-JB1
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Location: Gatwick, West Sussex

Job date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:14:09 GMT

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