Business Planning Analyst

Elevate Recruitment.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An international organisation is seeking a Business Planning Analyst to provide financial support across HR functions. The role is based in London, offering a salary up to £35K, 32 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and benefits such as a generous pension scheme, flexible working hours, and an interest-free travel season ticket loan. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong SAP background and analytical skills to thrive in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

32 days holidays + Bank Holidays

Generous pension scheme (c20% Employer contribution)

Flexible working

Interest-free travel season ticket loan

Subsidised Restaurant

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with SAP.
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy.
• Well-developed analytical skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Financial management including creation of purchase orders.
• Ensure compliance with corporate standards.
• Collate and distribute management information.
• Plan and prioritise own work activities.

Skills

Extensive experience working with SAP

Excellent attention to detail

Well-developed analytical skills

Excellent Microsoft Office skills

Understanding of financial terminology

Business or finance related qualification

Education

Business or finance related qualification

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Business Planning Analyst required by international organisation to provide consistent financial and planning support across the HR function, including project support, workforce planning, financial and management reporting.

Business Planning Analyst role is based in London, the role offers an attractive salary to £35K and benefits package including 32 days holidays + Bank Holidays, a generous pension scheme (c20% Employer contribution), flexible working, interest-free travel season ticket loan and subsidised Restaurant.

Business Planning Analyst – Essential skills

• Extensive experience working with SAP
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and credibility in information gathering and
• Well-developed analytical skills
• Excellent Microsoft office skills including advanced skills in Excel
• Ability to understand a balance sheet and what financial terminology means e.g. revenue, surplus, return on investment
• Ideally a Business or finance related qualification

This is a global role, and the post holder must be able to work with a high level of autonomy, across a number of high priority and urgent activities at any one time and to a high standard of accuracy. Reporting to the Business Planning Manager and

Business Planning Analyst – Main accountabilities

• Financial management including creation of purchase orders, processing of
• invoices, arranging payments to vendors, supporting financial reporting, budget control and
• Ensure compliance with corporate standards and complete monthly Level 1 FCCF report
• Collate and distribute management information (MI) and reports, and work with budget owners to challenge budget under / overspends
• Work with FP&A to provide commentary on monthly budget spend and to explain any variances
• Plan and prioritise own work activities to ensure effective delivery of diverse responsibilities and deliverables over a monthly to quarterly time horizon
• Provide ad-hoc support on HR projects
• Update organisational charts (incl. SAP) ensuring that the HR staff profile is accurately reflected.

Business Planning Analyst role is based in London, and is a fantastic opportunity to join an international organisation with a fantastic work life balance, excellent projects and the chance to further shape this role going forward. The role offers an attractive salary to £35K and benefits package including 32 days holidays + Bank Holidays, a generous pension scheme and flexible working – interviews will be held 10 th and 11 th December – please apply ASAP and we’ll call you to discuss the role further.