FP&A Analyst - Strategic Budgeting, Forecasting & Insights

Outcomes First Group; Bolton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Outcomes First Group in Bolton, UK, is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to join our expanding Finance team. You will support budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting, delivering insightful financial analysis to inform commercial decisions across the business.

This hands-on role offers exposure to a broad FP&A remit and the chance to develop your finance business partnering capabilities. You will have ACA/ACCA/CIMA or working towards qualification, strong Excel skills, and a

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification or working towards
• Experience in FP&A, commercial finance, management accounting or finance business partnering
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes
• Strong Excel skills, including modelling and large-data analysis
• Good commercial awareness and ability to understand drivers of financial performance
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Good attention to detail and high accuracy
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities

Responsibilities

• Support the monthly FP&A reporting cycle, producing accurate and timely financial reporting and analysis.
• Analyse financial performance, identifying key trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Prepare regular management reporting, dashboards and supporting commentary.
• Support the annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes.
• Work with stakeholders across the business to gather information and ensure forecasts and budgets are accurate and complete.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support forecasting, scenario analysis and business planning.
• Analyse financial and operational data and translate findings into clear, useful insight.
• Investigate variances and provide analysis to help stakeholders understand business performance.
• Support Finance Business Partners and the wider FP&A team with commercial analysis and ad-hoc requests.
• Provide financial analysis to support projects, business cases and investment decisions.
• Build effective working relationships across Finance and the wider business.
• Support improvements to financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Work alongside Business Intelligence and Finance Systems colleagues to improve reporting, data quality and efficiency.
• Contribute to the continued development of FP&A reporting and analysis.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Excel skills

Financial modelling

Commercial awareness

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Finance/Accounting (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

ERP/Finance systems

Job description

Outcomes First Group in Bolton, UK, is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to join our expanding Finance team. You will support budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting, delivering insightful financial analysis to inform commercial decisions across the business.

This hands-on role offers exposure to a broad FP&A remit and the chance to develop your finance business partnering capabilities. You will have ACA/ACCA/CIMA or working towards qualification, strong Excel skills, and a