Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things?    

Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on, entrepreneurial, business building experience?  

Do you want to have the opportunity to be involved in building a best-in-class finance function for an exciting and ambitious company?   

If so, we would love to hear from you!  

We are looking to hire high-energy, entrepreneurial and value-adding talent to join Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s most successful venture builder. This is a pivotal role within in a small, agile Finance function with exposure to Senior Management, Funding Partners and BC Partners with a fundamental impact on our development and growth.  

ABOUT US  

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. Headquartered in London from our flagship White City Scale Space campus, we have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 20 years. Blenheim Chalcot is responsible for building some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world – with significant operations in India and the US, as well as emerging operations in South Africa and Southeast Asia.  

Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries being disrupted by digital including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. Our portfolio has been conceived and launched by us and employ over 3,000 employees. Our assets under management stand at more than £1.8bn and total portfolio sales is over £500 million.  

Our team, Venture Builder Services (VBS), exists to support our ventures to be successful quickly, sustainably and with access to the best practice tools, solutions, and expertise. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax.  

IMPACT BEYOND PROFIT  

15% of our partnerships and ventures are charities. These include the British Asian Trust, BabyZone and Onside Youth Zones. In the same way that we support our ventures, our Partners provide direct hands-on support to these charities by being active board members and offering expert advice.  

OUR BEHAVIOURS  

• Honesty and integrity – trustworthy  
• Resilience - keeps going when the going gets tough, remains optimistic in the face of challenges, open to feedback and willingness to change and experiment  
• Team work – is collaborative and supportive, elevating and developing others to deliver results  
• Innovation - restless to improve, challenges how to make things better 
• Deliver results - keeps promises, drives to achieve, commitment to high quality work 
• People awareness – collaborative and supportive, respectful 
• Commercial awareness - looks for best value solutions for the business, understand costs / revenues, spends money wisely  

THE ROLE  

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a technically strong and commercially minded finance professional to take full ownership of the FP&A function within one of the BC portfolio businesses.  

The FP&A Manager is responsible for forecasting and providing insight to the leadership team on profit, balance sheet and liquidity to help drive better decision-making. The FP&A Manager will lead a newly embedded offshore reporting team which is instrumental to this. 

Key responsibilities  

The FP&A Manager is a vital role within the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio business and will require strong stakeholder management skills and an ability to work closely with other business areas.  

The successful FP&A Manager will play a key role in leading and shaping our finance function and translating business performance to the wider team.  

Specific duties  

• Develop and manage the financial budget process to produce accurate plans 
• Create financial forecasts and scenarios to support long-term planning and strategic decision-making 
• Monitor and analyse variances to plan as well as trends to provide insights and recommendations to senior management 
• Establish, monitor and report on key performance metrics to also provide insights and recommendations to senior management 
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly (as relevant) P&L, balance sheet and cash flow financial reporting to senior management to provide up-to-date views on the trajectory of the business 

• Utilise data analytics tools to extract insights from financial data 
• Implement data-driven decision-making processes 
• Present financial data and analysis in a visually compelling manner 
• Leverage technology to enhance financial reporting and analysis processes 
• Implement best practices in financial reporting and analysis processes 

• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes and improve efficiency 
• Collaborate with accounting teams for accurate and timely financial closing 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and departments to gather financial data and insights 
• Evaluate the financial impact of various strategic scenarios 
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis as requested by senior management 

KPIs & Deliverables 

• Financial information provides an accurate view of business performance 
• Valuable commercial insight and recommendations are delivered 
• Senior management have confidence that decisions and assumptions are supported by data and rigorous analysis
• Senior management and stakeholder financial reporting is submitted accurately and on time 

OPPORTUNITY 

This role is an excellent platform for experienced professionals to take their career to the next level and an opportunity unlikely to be found anywhere else. It offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional to make a meaningful contribution to delivering commercial and financial insight across various lines of business and to develop within an ambitious and exciting company. 

ABOUT YOU  

The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.  

The Ideal Candidate  

Skills 

• Previous working experience within financial service is desirable (but not essential) 
• Financial planning and analysis experience (budget modelling/forecasting) 
• Ability to work in high pressure environments with an aptitude for problem-solving 
• Good organisation, accuracy and attention to detail to effectively meet deadlines
• Self-motivated and intellectually curious
• A team-player with good stakeholder management and communication skills
• Good level of competence in Excel and computerised systems 

Qualifications 

• CIMA, ACCA, ACA 

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:  

• Be part of the UK’s leading digital venture builder   
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible talent in BC  
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development  
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere 
• Discretionary bonus 
• 25 days of paid holidays + your birthday off  
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary), Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Flexible Benefits: Private Medical and Dental, Gym Subsidiaries  

PROCESS  

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent.   

Blenheim Chalcot is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values, thus making it core to our business. We strive to maximise the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from everyone. We encourage diversity through perspective, background, identity, and thought whilst also fostering an environment where everyone can express themselves regardless of your race, religion, sex, gender, colour, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. We are committed to continuing to nurture an inclusive environment and building a diverse workforce. 

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