FP&A Analyst: Global Insights & Automation (3-Month)

Trace | Expert Accountancy & Finance Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Trace | Expert Accountancy & Finance Recruitment advertises an FP&A Analyst for a 3-month fixed-term contract in London’s leading branding agency landscape.

You’ll support financial planning, forecasting and performance reporting across global operations, turning numbers into actionable insights for senior leadership. Join a fast-moving global agency and help drive better business decisions.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills, including XLOOKUP, VSTACK, SUMIFS, PivotTables and Power Query.
• Experience building and maintaining financial models and reporting tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience consolidating and analysing data from multiple systems and sources.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly and confidently.
• Experience using Power BI or a similar business intelligence tool.
• Exposure to FP&A, commercial finance or management reporting.
• Experience within a professional services, agency or project-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Group Senior FP&A Analyst with timely and accurate group reporting across all regions.
• Work closely with regional finance teams to ensure consistent, high-quality global reporting.
• Consolidate and analyse key business metrics, including revenue projections, new business pipeline, intercompany balances, freelancer spend, headcount movements and P&L variances.
• Prepare the Executive Summary and Management Accounts presentation using consolidated group figures for the leadership team.
• Get involved in pricing analysis, margin improvement and cost management initiatives.
• Partner with regional and group finance teams to continually improve reporting quality and consistency.
• Support client reporting requirements and build bespoke financial models where needed.
• Provide insightful analysis and commentary to help drive better business decisions.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear, engaging insights that make sense to non-financial stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Data interpretation

Tools

Power BI

Financial modeling tools

Job description

Trace | Expert Accountancy & Finance Recruitment advertises an FP&A Analyst for a 3-month fixed-term contract in London’s leading branding agency landscape.

You’ll support financial planning, forecasting and performance reporting across global operations, turning numbers into actionable insights for senior leadership. Join a fast-moving global agency and help drive better business decisions.