LIFE AT SATALIA
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 build technologies that radically improve the operational efficiency, customer and employee satisfaction of our clients, like PwC, DFS, Woolworths, Mondelez, and WPP by providing cutting edge product development and bespoke AI services.
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.
THE ROLE
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.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- 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. As the organisation increases in size and complexity, the FP&A function will be bolstered.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS
- 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
- A great communicator who can effectively articulate findings and isn't afraid to ask challenging questions
- 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
- Collaborative in nature and able to work hand-in-hand with various functions, whilst balance multiple changing priorities pertaining to multiple cross-functional agendas
- 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
WE OFFER
- Development - annual development budget to upskill yourself
- Benefits - Private Health insurance, life assurance, enhanced pension
- Remote working - cafe , bedroom, beach - wherever works
- Impactful projects - focus on bringing meaningful social and environmental change
- People oriented culture - wellbeing is a priority, as is being a nice person
- Truly flexible working hours - school pick up, volunteering, gym - no problem
- Generous leave - 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave
- Transparent and open culture - you will be listened to and heard
- Annual bonus - when Satalia does well, we all do well
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