Head of Central FP&A

Aldermore Group – why we exist  

Let us tell you a bit about us

We’re Aldermore – the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

The Head of Central FP&A is an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join the FP&A team – a key, high performing and dynamic Finance team at Aldermore.

This is a high-profile role which will provide oversight and challenge across Aldermore’s FP&A team, with responsibility for key deliverables including the Group’s annual budget, monthly management reporting and regular competitor analysis.

The role will involve close collaboration with colleagues across Finance, Risk, Treasury and our parent company FirstRand, to support business decision making and help to ensure Aldermore achieves its strategic objectives.

As a member of the Finance extended leadership team, the role holder will also help to drive a high-performance culture across the wider Finance team.

This role will suit an individual who thrives in a challenging and changing environment and consistently seeks to deliver high quality analysis and support to senior management.

What will your day look like?

• Managing a small high performing team of FP&A managers
• Overseeing the delivery of the Group’s monthly management reporting, annual budget and in-year forecasts
• Providing oversight and challenge across the Central FP&A team to ensure that deliverables are of a high standard
• Working closely with the Director of FP&A and Head of Business Partnering to increase the strength and commerciality of insights provided to senior management
• Overseeing the continuous review and enhancement of processes; challenging established ways of working in a constructive way
• Monitoring news flow, market developments and competitor results announcements in-order to provide timely updates and insight to senior management

What do we expect from you?

• Highly effective business partner with expansive senior stakeholder management. Able to advise, challenge and influence
• Highly numerate and familiar with key banking financials and drivers of performance
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen
• Strategic thinking and planning skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Keen interest in financial markets

What can you expect from us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
• A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
• A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential. 

Still curious?

Join us and we’ll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We’re committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.