Finance Business Partner FP&A

Davies; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic financial services firm is seeking a Finance Business Partner FP&A to support the team's financial reporting and analysis needs. The role involves collaborating with consulting teams, providing insights, and managing the annual budget. Candidates should have extensive FP&A experience, strong commercial acumen, and proficiency in data presentation tools, primarily Power BI. This is a full-time position located in London, offering various benefits and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Discounts for over 800 retailers

25 days holiday

Well-being centre

Recognition programme

Paid fertility appointments

Fostering friendly employer

Pension - matched contribution at 5%

Life Assurance (4 x basic salary)

Development and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive FP&A Experience required.
• Demonstrable senior stakeholder management necessary.
• Experience with latest data presentation tools including Power BI essential.
• Strong commercial acumen and business partnership experience is needed.
• Experience working for a multinational company is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own the Consulting capabilities annual budget.
• Analyse trends and suggest solutions.
• Produce forecasts, budgets, and performance reports.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify process improvements within FP&A.

Skills

FP&A Experience

Stakeholder management

Power BI

Commercial acumen

Utilisation analysis

Tools

Data analysis tools

Power BI

Job description

Finance Business Partner FP&A

Department: Accounting & Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London UK

Reporting To: FP&A Manager

Description

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team plays an integral role supporting the business in making educated business decisions. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who enjoys exploring the latest data analysis techniques, someone who wants to get involved in commercial business development support and is looking for a challenge. The role will provide you with commercial exposure to all functions. You will play a key role in business partnering with consulting teams to produce valuable insights and to support business recommendations, taking ownership of the financial reporting.

Your New Role

• Own the Consulting capabilities annual budget, supporting the Managing Partner submissions. Submitting final numbers into the Davies Group finance deliverables.
• Analyse trends and key drivers in business, suggesting solutions to mitigate risk and accelerate opportunities.
• Produce short-term and medium-term business forecasts & budgets and performance reports supported by insightful commentary on variances.
• Produce valuable MI to businesses, including SLT and board reporting.
• Produce capability performance reports, including margin and pricing analysis, supporting new bids and M&A activities where appropriate.
• Perform detailed revenue and gross margin analysis by understanding and communicating to the Managing Partners any leakage based on the capability utilisation reports and ongoing resourcing demands including cost rate analysis (unbilled allocation analysis, with capability support)
• Liaise and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the organisation.
• Identify process improvements within the FP&A function, including getting best use from current and future finance systems.
• Be an expert and excel, understanding modelling techniques, and how to leverage data tools such as PowerBI.
• Provide in-depth pipeline analysis to support growth strategies
• Implement and lead analysis return on investment/investment appraisals (capex). Highlighting key drivers & risks to senior management.
• Provide ad hoc support to the business team whenever required.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Extensive FP&A Experience
• Demonstrable senior stakeholder management
• Experience of latest data presentation tools including Power BI
• Strong commercial acumen and business partnership experience
• Experience working for a multinational company, understanding FX impacts, and working with a distributed workforce.
• Experience with productivity/utilisation analysis.

Benefits

Davies are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, and belief (or lack thereof).

• Join us and enjoy our ever-evolving benefits, including but not limited to:
• Reward platform – discounts for over 800 retailers
• 25 days holiday (rising with service)
• Well-being centre
• Recognition programme
• Paid fertility appointments
• Fostering friendly employer
• Pension - matched contribution at 5%
• Life Assurance (4 x basic salary)
• Development, training, and professional qualification