Job Title: Senior FP&A Analyst
Location: Didcot
Department: Finance
Reports To: Group Head of FP&A
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description
Our client is looking for a driven and insightful Senior FP&A Analyst to join the Group Planning & Analysis team. They are a small team supporting a growing global
manufacturing business. The team is responsible for the forecasts, budgets and five-year plan of the Group, alongside indirect business partnering. They provide insights to the shareholders, senior management and the wider business to assist in decision making. You will have regular exposure to the executive team, senior management and the wider business .
The successful candidate will ideally be based in the Didcot office with the ability to occasionally travel to the London site and work in the office a minimum of 3 days per week and will report directly to the Head of FP&A.
Responsibilities
- Ownership over preparing the performance reporting analysis, summarise key performance drivers and present insights in regular Exec, and shareholder reviews
- Provide performance insights and financial analysis for Board slide preparation, and present in pre-board briefings
- Co-ordinate, design and deliver the annual Budget process, working with the Performance Reporting Analyst and finance business partners to consolidate inputs and
model the P&L, working capital and cash flow. Provide key insights to the Exec and senior leaders, including group scenario planning where appropriate.
- Business partner indirect functions, embedding themselves into the business and providing cost analysis and insights, alongside capital planning, to help aid business decisions and drive a focus on key areas of performance and support growth objectives.
- Initiate and drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, working alongside other team members to simplify and automate planning activities
- Assist with ad hoc projects
- Comply with Group procedures including Health & Safety
QUALIFICATIONS
To excel in this role, you'll need:
- Experience of senior stakeholder management with the ability to influence outcomes
- Strong presentation skills
- Experience interpreting and providing insights on financial data
- Clear understanding of financial results and how they interact
- Strong communicator, effective across different geographies and level, both within finance and the wider business
- Strong analytic skills with attention for detail
- Ability to contribute to an environment where the team can thrive through collaborative peer coaching
- Highly motivated, intellectually curious, wiling to critically challenge ideas and processes
- Experience working in a FP&A / Performance Reporting team, ideally in a growing organisation
- Worked on improvement projects within FP&A environment
- Advanced Excel skills, including previous experience of building and reviewing financial models