Financial Planning Analyst

Brabner Fox; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing firm in Greater London is seeking an FP&A Analyst to join their team. This hybrid role involves financial performance analysis, reporting, and collaboration with various departments. Key responsibilities include improving financial reporting accuracy, challenging forecasts and budgets, and leading projects. Candidates should hold a professional qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA and possess strong analytical and commercial skills. This position offers opportunities for impact and progression.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in ACCA, CIMA or ACA is required.
• Strong FP&A or Finance Business Partnering experience is needed.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to manipulate complex data.
• Track record of providing insightful reporting to influence commercial outcomes.
• Commercially astute with a history of driving financial performance.
• Proactive, collaborative with strong stakeholder relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Improve quality, accuracy, and timeliness of financial information.
• Challenge forecasts and budgets with Finance Business Partners.
• Produce accurate monthly Business Performance Reporting.
• Establish enhanced labour analysis and financial reporting.
• Understand key drivers of month-end financial performance.
• Ensure financial reports are complete and submitted on time.
• Support FP&A Manager in improving operational performance.
• Lead projects as required.
• Deputise for the FP&A Manager as needed.

Skills

Financial Planning and Analysis

Data Analysis

Business Partnering

Commercial Awareness

Problem Solving

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Education

ACCA, CIMA or ACA Qualification

Job description

A growth opportunity has been created for an FP&A Analyst to join our client – a super interesting, changing, global, manufacturing, logistics and retail business.

Responsible for analysis, insight and business performance reporting; detailed labour analysis and insight across the business and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities across the entire business. This role partners closely with the FP&A Manager, Finance Business Partners, Sales and Commercial teams, Regional Operations teams and Executive Team to monitor financial performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive commercial and operational performance improvements.

Reporting to the Finance Director of FP&A, this role offers fantastic visibility scope for impact and opportunities for progression forwards.

This is a Hybrid role, with office time based in company offices, West London.

Who you’ll be working with

BAU Finance Leadership and wider Finance team, Regional Operations, Operational Improvement, Commercial, Sales, Procurement, Properties, Resourcing, and Central Support Functions

What you’ll be doing

• Continually improve the quality, accuracy and timeliness of financial information to key stakeholders
• Along with Finance Business Partners, challenge forecast/budgets and explain key movements to FD
• Ownership of the production of accurate monthly Business Performance Reporting, with assistance from Finance Business Partners and Finance Shared Services teams as required
• Establish enhanced labour analysis and financial reporting, and generate insight to be share with key stakeholders
• Understand key drivers of month end financial performance, and provide a full understanding of any material deviations from budget/forecast and the potential future impacts
• Ensure all internal/external weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reports are complete, accurate and submitted to deadline
• Support FP&A Manager and Finance Business Partners with challenging operational performance to improve financial outcomes
• Support FP&A Manager and Finance Business Partners with the preparation of forecasts and budgets, reviewing and challenging input and assumptions
• Lead projects as required.
• Deputise for the FP&A Manager as required

Key skills, experiences and attitudes that will help

• Hold a professional Qualification in ACCA, CIMA or ACA
• Strong FP&A or Finance Business Partnering experience
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to manipulate complex data, generating actionable insight
• A track record of providing insightful reporting for impact
• A proven record of driving commercial improvement
• Be commercially astute, with a proven record of driving financial performance with key stakeholders
• A proactive approach and a collaborative attitude
• Ability to build business relationships and interact with internal customers, with the ability to solve problems and show resilience