FP&A Analyst

Renaissance Learning EMEA APAC; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational technology company is seeking a FP&A Finance Analyst to join their London team. This role involves overseeing financial management, reforecasting processes, and using Adaptive Planning to enhance financial reporting. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong analytical skills and experience in budgeting and forecasting. This position offers a competitive salary of up to £70,000 and comes with a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between office and home work.

Benefits

22 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Season ticket loan

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience delivering budgets and forecasts in a commercial organization.
• Ability to transform discussions into tangible business cases.
• Hands-on approach with desire for detail.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute quarterly reforecasting process in Adaptive Planning.
• Own the Workday Adaptive Planning tool for management reporting.
• Track headcount and payroll costs versus budget.

Skills

Experience with Adaptive Planning

Financial analysis and planning tools

Strong Excel skills

Attention to detail

Organisational and project management skills

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified

Tools

Adaptive Planning

Job description

Overview

Renaissance Global are recruiting for a FP&A Finance Analyst to join our expanding finance team. A reshaping of the Renaissance Global Commercial Finance team has resulted in a new permanent opportunity for a FP&A Financial Analyst to join the commercial finance team to support the delivery of month end and reforecasts as systems continue to be integrated. The successful candidate will own the financial management of all headcount related costs plus all overheads (facilities, professional, training, product platform etc).

This is an exciting period of change for Renaissance Global which means candidates must be ready to drive the successful coming together of these two highly effective companies. They must be ready and willing to be innovative rather than expecting to simply deliver the status quo, offering candidates the opportunity to really make their mark.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the planning and execution of the quarterly reforecasting process in Adaptive Planning, including supporting the production of materials for review by the senior leadership teams
• Owning the Workday Adaptive Planning tool to develop management information and reporting that enhances business unit owners’ understanding of their numbers and the risk and opportunities around them
• Own the tracking of headcount and payroll costs verses budget and forecast, including working with HR team to ensure all hiring is within plan.
• Support the team to develop, monitor and manage divisional key performance indicators to be presented to Senior Leadership to share key trends and learnings.
• Hold monthly meetings with budget owners holding them to account on their numbers, providing insightful analysis to help drive business efficiencies
• Own the tracking of Capex spend for both internal people and external supplier spend
• Take a lead role in automation using Adaptive Planning.

Skills and experience required

• Essential requirements are:
  • Experience with Adaptive Planning
  • ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
• A proven track record of delivering budgets and forecasts and P&L management in a commercial organization
• Experience of utilising financial analysis and planning tools (such as Adaptive Planning), including adaptation of group reports for local use.
• Strong excel skills and ability to transform discussions around plans and strategies into tangible business cases/financial plans
• Reasonable knowledge around accounting principles, particularly around revenue recognition and capitalization of development costs
• Hands-on, appetite for detail and building automation, allowing time for analysis and value-added activities
• Excellent organisational, planning, time management and project management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, present and negotiate at all levels
• Focused and disciplined approach, logical and has meticulous attention to detail

Additional information

This role will be based out of our London Head Office currently in Brentford (TW8 9AG) on a Hybrid Basis (1 Day a week in office and 4 Days working from home). Please note the London office is due to move in early 2026 to Hammersmith. We offer a competitive salary of up to £70,000 per annum, plus lots of amazing benefits. The role is expected to start in January 2026.

Pension & Insurance – all employees can participate in our salary sacrifice company pension scheme administered by Aviva, with 8% employer contributions if you contribute 3% of salary. All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance.

Holiday and bookable leave – 22 days annual leave, plus 3 days for Christmas shutdown, UK statutory bank holidays, and a birthday leave day in the month of your birthday. Up to 5 paid volunteering days per year.

Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across Renaissance Learning.

Wellbeing & health – maternity/paternity/adoption leave and pay policy, employee assistance programme available 24/7, including Family Support Services.

Renaissance UK Office benefits – season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, and weekly fruit baskets for all UK offices.

UK right to work required. This role does not offer sponsorship.

DEI matters: We are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups.

All information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. This role is subject to DBS and background checks.