The Group FP&A Analyst will support senior leadership in strategic financial planning and decision-making, providing key insights into business performance across a global company. This role involves close collaboration with divisional finance teams and significant exposure to the CEO and CFO.
Client Details
The client is a global leader in industrial solutions, providing specialized products and services across multiple sectors. They are known for their strong commitment to innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence, with a presence in numerous countries worldwide.
Description
Reporting to the Group FP&A Manager, the Group FP&A Analyst will play a key role within the team responsible for building capability around analysing and understanding business performance, evolving Group approach to longer term strategic forecasting, producing the Group's internal financial reporting (including reporting to the Board) and providing the CEO and CFO with critical information to support key planning decisions. The workload will be varied and challenging and will include significant exposure to the CFO and the Group's Finance Leadership Team alongside the requirement to build close relationships with the Group's divisional finance teams.
Responsibilities of the role include:
- Producing analysis to understand and challenge business performance (both actuals and forecasts), focused on the Group's businesses
- Support the Group FP&A manager with developing a new suite of capabilities for oversight and tracking of Group global financial performance, including insight into key risks and opportunities impacting forecast Business results
- Preparation of papers and presentations for the Board and executive committee relating to business performance
- Supporting with the Group's Medium Term (5 year) strategic plan forecast and annual Top Down Plan processes
- Preparing goodwill impairment analysis (key audit risk), based on 5 year strategic forecasts
- Preparation of various adhoc financial analysis and presentations to support the Group CEO & CFO with decision making and stakeholder engagement
Profile
To be successful in this role, you should**:**
- Have an accounting qualification with PQE in an industry setting, ideally with experience in FP&A
- Be a problem solver who is able to understand complex business drivers and articulate these to senior stakeholders
- Be able to build strong, international relationships and demonstrate the ability to partner with and support the business
- Possess a natural desire to get involved in detail where required, take pride in your work and demand and achieve high standards of themselves and others
- A self-starter with the ability to work independently and proactively
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and a strong analytical mindset
The following qualities and experience are desirable;
- Experience in interrogating and identifying key drivers of business performance
- Experience of multinational manufacturing groups operating in multiple countries
- Comfortable interacting and collaborating with senior stakeholders across the business
- Self-reliant - able to proactively establish direction and impact with minimal guidance
- Be pro-active and take ownership of their work within the team
- Able to work within a close-knit team under pressure to tight deadlines
Job Offer
- Profit related bonus scheme
- Flexible working pattern between home and office
- Annual Leave - 27 days a year plus statutory holidays (and additional wellbeing day)
- Enhanced Private Medical Insurance with optional family cover
- Enhanced Group Personal Pension Plan (GPP) - Employer Contribution of 10%
- Life Insurance - 4 times basic salary cover
- Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) - 1:1 - Maximum 3% of annual salary
- Enhanced Paternity and Maternity benefits
- Three days of paid volunteering leave per annum
- Free onsite parking
- Free 24/7 access to onsite gym
- Personal Discounts Portal
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - gives employees easy access to confidential support to assist with personal problems and/or work-related problems that impact health, and mental and emotional well-being