Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant

Admiral Careers; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant to join their dynamic finance team. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with leadership and provide insights into financial performance. You'll take ownership of budgeting and forecasting, optimize performance reporting, and support strategic decision-making. The company prides itself on its people-centric culture and offers excellent work-life balance, including generous holiday allowances and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. If you're ready for a challenge and want to make a significant impact, this role is for you.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Option to buy or sell annual leave

Comprehensive well-being benefits

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A).
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Exceptional analytical & data skills.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of budgeting and forecasting for Admiral Law.
• Provide updates on performance of key financial metrics.
• Support special projects evaluating new opportunities.

Skills

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Reporting

Analytical Skills

Excel Proficiency

Communication Skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (ICAEW, CIMA or ACCA)

Job description

Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant

We're looking for a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant to join our team at Admiral Law!

About Admiral Law
Admiral Law is a growing business; we are a legal practice run by a team of experts who specialise in personal injury claims. The client is always at the heart of everything we do, and we aim to be exceptional in the service we deliver.

Admiral Law operates as a standalone entity within Admiral Group and operates as a team with appropriate specialists but with the added support and benefits of being part of the wider business.

We're looking for people who are keen to learn, excited about getting stuck in and are ready for a challenge to help us to achieve our aim of creating an excellent service for our clients.

The Role

We're seeking a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) accountant to join our finance team and take a high-impact, hands-on role supporting the Company in delivering its strategic goals. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Senior FP&A accountant will be an integral part of the finance team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work with Operations and Senior Management across all workstreams, helping to provide insights into the Company's financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Budgeting: Take ownership of the budgeting and forecasting for Admiral Law, collaborating with leadership teams to build robust, accurate plans that align with the strategic goals and aid decision making.
• Performance Reporting: Provide regular updates on performance of key financial metrics and work with executive teams to optimise performance.
• Partnering with Leadership Teams: Work closely with functional leaders to understand their objectives, solve complex business problems, and model scenarios to drive profitability.
• Ad-Hoc Financial Projects: Provide financial and analytical support for special projects, such as evaluating new opportunities, and revenue and/or cost optimisation strategies, to aid management decision making.

About You

• Proven work experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
• Qualified Accountant (ICAEW, CIMA or ACCA)
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
• Exceptional analytical & data skills, with a proven ability to develop complex financial models
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment whilst managing multiple priorities
• Ability to communicate clearly with financial and non-financial stakeholders at all levels of the organisation

Admiral, Where You Can Be You

At Admiral you're accepted, supported and empowered to be you. Because you're brilliant.

We're proud of our people-centric culture which has led us to being recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We're committed to ensuring that at Admiral, progression is not slowed or haltered by barriers related to protected characteristics.

Benefits, and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here .

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• We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.
• We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.
• We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.
• We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.