FP&A Analyst

TN United Kingdom; Theale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is looking for a Business Intelligence Reporting Analyst to enhance data-driven decision-making. In this role, you will design self-service reports using MicroStrategy, transforming complex data into insightful dashboards that support business goals. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define KPIs, ensuring data quality and accessibility. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment where your analytical skills and creativity will shine, making a significant impact on the organization’s performance.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years+ experience in commercial and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with large data volumes.

Responsibilities

• Support FP&A Manager in data-driven decision making.
• Design and maintain dashboards in MicroStrategy.

Skills

Financial Acumen

Commercial Analysis

Advanced Excel

Analytical Skills

Data Visualization

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Self-starter

Education

A-Level Mathematics

GCSE Mathematics

Tools

MicroStrategy

Job description

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Our client is recruiting a Business Intelligence Reporting Analyst. They are looking for someone who has a strong interest and enthusiasm for supporting business stakeholders in understanding performance by designing and creating self-service reports in MicroStrategy. As BI Reporting Analyst, you will analyse a wide variety of commercial, financial and operational data.

They are looking for someone who is highly numerate and a fast, independent learner, capable of quickly understanding concepts, with good financial and commercial acumen. You must be able to quickly understand business goals and KPIs and translate these into user friendly dashboards.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Previous experience of commercial and financial analysis (desirable)
• Highly numerate
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong analytical skills with experience of working with large volumes of data
• Excellent visual presentation and data visualisation skills
• Able to transform data into digestible information and insights
• Familiarity with BI tools or eagerness to learn
• 1-2 years+ work experience and numeric/analytical background
• Minimum A/A* GCSE Mathematics or equivalent – A-Level Mathematics preferable

The Role

The purpose of this role is to support the FP&A Manager, who in turn supports the CFO, in driving data driven decision making within the business by delivering robust and efficient global reporting and analytics. You will support the FP&A Manager in creating and enhancing global reporting and ad hoc analyses in the company’s BI tool, MicroStrategy.

The BI Reporting Analyst sits within the FP&A team, not the BI team, and as such is responsible for front-end dashboard design only. You will collaborate with the BI team to ensure the data required for business reporting is available in the data cubes, but the role does not involve any back-end database work.

BI Reporting:

• Utilise MicroStrategy to design, build and maintain insightful, impactful and user-friendly reporting suites and dashboards to drive data accessibility on a self-serve basis.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define appropriate KPIs to report on based on business goals and priorities.
• Maintain and improve existing dashboards.

Data:

• Deeply understand commercial, operational and financial data and their company business model.
• Collaborate with the Business Intelligence team to create required attributes and metrics available in the data cubes by briefing requirements and validating data.
• Scrutinise data and perform checks to ensure data quality and integrity.

BI Engagement:

• Interact with a range of stakeholders to understand requirements and provide solutions.
• Become a champion in driving MicroStrategy usage across the business.

Ad-hoc:

• Conduct ad-hoc reporting and analysis to serve specific requests and needs of the business.

Specific Skills Required:

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills to assist the process of gathering and communicating requirements from/to stakeholders both in person and remotely.
• Clear communicator, both written and verbal.

Person Specification:

• Good collaborator and team player.
• Inquisitive and an eager, quick learner.
• Able to quickly understand new concepts.
• A self-starter with a proactive approach.
• Works diligently with very high attention to detail.
• Strong interest in data presentation and visualisation.
• Someone who takes pride in producing innovative and quality work.
• Independent, logical thinker. Able to come up with own solutions to challenges.
• Creative thinker who is able to think outside the box to come up with innovative solutions.
• Able to think and analyse data critically and challenge others in their approach.