Contract FP&A Consultant

Akkodis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Modis is seeking an experienced FP&A Consultant for a London-based hybrid role on a 6-month contract. You will support annual budgeting and financial planning across multiple business areas, review submissions with budget holders, and drive insights from variances and scenarios.

You will build and refine financial models, challenge assumptions, and provide senior stakeholders with clear commentary to influence planning and decision-making during a busy period.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on budgeting, forecasting and financial planning experience.
• Experience working through a significant annual budget or reforecasting cycle.
• Excellent variance analysis and ability to get underneath the numbers.
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of the annual budgeting and financial planning process across multiple business areas.
• Working closely with budget holders to review submissions, challenge assumptions and understand key cost and performance drivers.
• Consolidating budgets and forecasts and investigating movements, risks and opportunities.
• Producing detailed variance, trend and scenario analysis to support decision-making.
• Building, maintaining and improving financial models and planning tools.
• Turning complex financial information into clear commentary and insight for senior stakeholders.
• Supporting wider forecasting, reporting and ad-hoc FP&A activity during a busy period.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Senior stakeholder engagement

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Contract FP&A Consultant

London / Hybrid | 6 months | Competitive Day Rate

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the delivery of the annual budgeting and financial planning process across multiple business areas.
• Working closely with budget holders to review submissions, challenge assumptions and understand key cost and performance drivers.
• Consolidating budgets and forecasts and investigating movements, risks and opportunities.
• Producing detailed variance, trend and scenario analysis to support decision-making.
• Building, maintaining and improving financial models and planning tools.
• Turning complex financial information into clear commentary and insight for senior stakeholders.
• Supporting wider forecasting, reporting and ad-hoc FP&A activity during a busy period.

What we're looking for

You will be an experienced FP&A professional who is comfortable coming into a business and making an impact quickly.

• Strong hands-on budgeting, forecasting and financial planning experience.
• Experience working through a significant annual budget or reforecasting cycle.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Confidence partnering with and challenging senior budget holders.
• Excellent variance analysis and ability to get underneath the numbers.
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working across a complex, multi-site or multi-business-unit organisation would be advantageous.

Why consider this role?

This is an opportunity to join a well-established finance function at an important point in its planning cycle.

You will have the opportunity to take genuine ownership, work closely with senior finance and operational stakeholders and make an immediate impact on a high-profile budgeting process.

It would suit an experienced Senior FP&A Analyst, FP&A Manager or established FP&A contractor who enjoys getting into the detail, challenging the business and delivering at pace.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.