FP&A Manager

At Xe, we live currencies. We provide a comprehensive range of currency services and products, including our Currency Converter, Market Analysis, Currency Data API and quick, easy, secure Money Transfers for individuals and businesses. We leverage technology to deliver these services through our website, mobile app and by phone. Last year, we helped over 300 million people access information about the currencies that matter to them and over 225,000 people used us to send money overseas.

We are proud to be part of Euronet Worldwide (Nasdaq: EEFT), a global leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. Under their Money Transfer division, Xe and Ria Money Transfer have been brought together to help establish the third largest money transfer business in the world.

Reporting to the FP&A Director you will be responsible for analysing and understanding the financial performance of the business. You will lead both the monthly forecast process and the broader planning process. You will also identify areas of business under-performance and influence leaders to affect change.

Within this position you will be expected to understand and shape business performance - and to become the go-to person for business/financial analysis and insights. You will be leading the preparation and consolidation of the overall forecasting and planning process, including contributing to the formulation of the financial strategy and the shaping of specific management reporting to SMT/Exec Team.

Our principles

• AMBITION - We dream big, try things out and always ask why not?" and what if?" We're ambitious in our thinking and our delivery
• RESPONSIBILITY - We get involved, bring our perspective and are always open to new ideas. We take personal responsibility
• COMMUNITY - We value a sense of belonging, trusting each other and encouraging authenticity. We contribute to our community

What you'll do:

• Forecast & Planning: Coordinate the forecasting and planning process across multiple business units. Lead discussions on determining optimal levels of spend with functional heads. Proactively recommend solutions that align to overall financial strategy.
• Financial Performance & trends: Track financial performance on a monthly basis and identifies trends that may impact the future e.g. risks/problems, upside.
• Business Forecast :Forecast business performance based on KPI's, historical performance and a sound understanding of day to day operations and business model.
• Problem Solver: Evaluate performance across the business against KPI's and operational plans / forecasts. Where there is under-performance, proactively suggest solutions to functional heads.
• Present Financial Reports: Prepare and present reports & KPIs Exec Packs to the broader leadership community.
• Analyse Data: Provide analytical support to business owners as required.
• Development & Improvements: Oversee and manage the continued development of rolling forecasting, operating plan and modelling tools.
• Process Improvement: Evaluate scenarios and processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI to help drive key insights and analytics and execute continuous process improvement.
• Financial Models: Provide decision support for special projects and initiatives by elaborating accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes and develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives.
• Reports: Help integrate and leverage reporting solutions into the wider business applications;
• Stakeholder Engagement: Lead business partnering across all functions to support analysis and decision making.

Requirements

Who you are:

• Education: Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5-7 years of experience within a global finance function.
• Industry Experience: Experience working within a multi-national/ multi-currency organisation.
• Financial tools: Has worked with financial reporting and/or FP&A tools e.g. Cognos, Oracle, SAP, Hyperion.
• Analytical skills: Strong analytical and functional skills (i.e. Business Analysis, Commercial Analysis, Marketing Analysis or Financial Analysis);
• Communications: Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Numerate: Highly numerate, strong Excel & PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to conduct accurate, auditable, repeatable analysis.
• Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure.
• Excellent teamwork and relationship building skills.

Desired

• Qualified accountant or qualified by experience.
• Business acumen.
• Resources and processes management experience.
• Finance integration with sales, marketing and operations.
• Familiarity with Visualisation tools i.e. Power BI, Qlikview.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Discretionary Bonus
• 23 days annual leave increasing with each year of service (capped at 28 days)
• Paid day off for your Birthday
• 4% employer pension contribution
• Discounted Euronet Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life Cover, Income Protections Scheme & Critical Illness cover
• Healthcare
• Plumm Mental Health and Wellbeing

We want Xe to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects.

At Xe we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on recruitment@xe.com