Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

Nisbets Plc; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supplier is seeking a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to join their Finance team in Bristol. This role involves managing budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to senior stakeholders, as well as optimizing financial systems. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, advanced Excel expertise, and experience engaging with C-Suite executives. This position offers a hybrid working pattern post-training, making it ideal for a commercially minded finance professional looking to make an impact.

Qualifications

• Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with complex data sets.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience engaging with C-Suite stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage production of month-end management reports for Nisbets Group and Bunzl plc.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes across the Group.
• Simplify and automate reporting in collaboration with Regional Finance Teams.
• Create ad hoc reports and analysis for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Process improvement

Advanced Excel skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

IBM TM1

Hyperion Financial Management

Power BI

Job description

Nisbets Limited are currently recruiting for a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to join our Finance team and play a pivotal role in driving accurate reporting, forecasting, and commercial insight across the business.

This role will be based at our Avonmouth office, with flexibility to work from home as part of a hybrid working pattern following a period of training.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Group Management Reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to both Nisbets Group and Bunzl plc. You will manage budgeting and forecasting cycles, streamline reporting processes, and provide ad hoc analysis to senior stakeholders. This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with Regional Finance Directors, the CFO, COO, and Bunzl plc to deliver best-in-class reporting and support strategic decision-making. You will also oversee the development and optimisation of financial systems and reporting tools to ensure efficiency and accuracy.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded and analytically driven finance professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for process improvement.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage production of month-end management reports for Nisbets Group and Bunzl plc.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes across the Group.
• Simplify and automate reporting in collaboration with Regional Finance Teams.
• Create ad hoc reports and analysis for senior stakeholders (CFO, CEO, Bunzl plc).
• Act as main point of contact for Bunzl plc on reporting and analysis queries.
• Work with system accountants to ensure financial systems meet reporting requirements.
• Drive improvements in reporting processes and ensure compliance with best practices.

Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required

• Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with complex data sets.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience engaging with C‑Suite stakeholders.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities and understanding of financial systems.

Preferred

• Experience working with international teams.
• Familiarity with IBM TM1/Planning Analytics, Hyperion Financial Management, Iris, and/or Power BI.
• Collaborative and accountable approach.

About Us

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.

We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It’s all about you.

If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could – Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.

Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.