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FP&A Analyst

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Lowestoft

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GBP 40,000 - 65,000

Full time

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled FP&A Analyst to join their finance team. This role involves delivering critical insights through comprehensive reporting across multiple sites. You'll be responsible for variance analysis, annual planning, and developing analytical standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and possess strong analytical and communication skills. Join a company that values innovation and offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and a bonus structure that rewards your contributions.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Up to 12% annual bonus

Additional benefits

Qualifications

Experience in reporting and forecasting in a manufacturing environment.
Strong IT skills with proficiency in reporting tools.

Responsibilities

Support FP&A Manager in delivering weekly and monthly reporting insights.
Provide variance analysis of key metrics and enhance data governance.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Financial Modelling

Variance Analysis

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

Part-qualified Accountant

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP

Excel

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Your new company
Hays are working in partnership with a highly successful international manufacturing business to recruit a brand-new position to their existing finance team. We are seeking an experienced FP&A Analyst or Finance Analyst to support a newly formed team, with the purpose of delivering a comprehensive reporting function across multiple sites. This company is a market leader in its industry and produces a wide range of products across Europe.

Your new role
The main purpose of the role will be to support the FP&A Manager in delivering weekly and monthly reporting insights around factory KPI's. You will be producing variance analysis as well as annual planning and forecasting information for management, as well as developing and implementing analytical standards for reporting and KPI modelling in conjunction with operational teams.
Your key responsibilities will be:

Responsible for providing weekly calculation and variance analysis of key metrics of the manufacturing site, including but not limited to, production volumes, labour costs, recoveries, fixed costs and transfer prices and their impact on the financial statements
Review month-end report & understand the impact of drivers on budget/forecast
Responsible for assimilating data from multiple systems and stakeholders to calculate results and identify trends for key KPIs, actuals, budgets and forecasts
Enhance data governance processes by improving the quality and integrity of data collected, analysis performed, and reports generated
Run simulations of various "what-if" scenarios using insight and critical thinking to evaluate and recommend solutions
Support the FP&A Manager in producing routine and ad hoc financial models to support leadership, FBPs and FP&A Group in decision-making
Facilitate standardisation and sharing of best practice across the Shared Finance team
Contribute to continuous improvement of systems and processes
Support automation and enterprise consolidation of data used in monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reports
Ensure SOX control environment is maintained. Support all audit requests.

This is a full-time role, working Monday to Friday, on site in Lowestoft.

What you'll need to succeed You will ideally be a fully or part-qualified accountant and have experience working in a similar FMCG, manufacturing or production business. Exposure to a manufacturing or supply chain environment would also be advantageous. You will have previous experience in a reporting and/or forecasting capacity and be able to operate in a fast-paced environment. You will have strong IT skills and be accustomed to using various reporting tools, ideally having a working knowledge of SAP. You will have excellent analytical and modelling skills as well as be able to communicate effectively with non-finance stakeholders.

What you'll get in return
You will receive a highly competitive salary, 25 day's annual leave (plus bank holidays), up to 12% annual bonus and a range of additional benefits.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Temporary

Job function

Job function
Accounting/Auditing
Industries
Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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