FP&A Principal Analyst

KBR Careers; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a commercially focused FP&A Principal Analyst to join the Europe & North Africa Finance Directorate. The role centers on consolidating regional performance, supporting month-end close, driving working capital improvements, and delivering clear financial insight to operational leaders across Europe and North Africa.

You will collaborate with project teams and finance stakeholders to improve forecasting accuracy, enhance cash collection, and translate financial data into actionable

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).
• Experience in FP&A, project finance, or operational finance.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Experience supporting month-end close, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate monthly financial performance across the Europe & North Africa region.
• Support preparation of month-end reporting packs, variance analysis, and management commentary.
• Assist in coordinating submissions across multiple business units and countries.
• Ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned across the region.
• Support the month-end close process, including revenue, margin, and cost analysis.
• Assist with quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and longer-term planning cycles.
• Work closely with operational finance teams to understand movements in project performance and forecast changes.
• Help improve forecast accuracy and consistency across the region.
• Build strong relationships with operational leaders and project teams across the region.
• Support finance directors and business leaders with ad hoc analysis and commercial insight.
• Help translate financial data into clear business-focused messaging and actions.
• Support development and enhancement of Power BI reporting and dashboard capabilities.

Skills

Financial modelling

Excel

Month-end close

Stakeholder management

Qualified Accountant

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Title: FP&A Principal Analyst

KBR is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future. We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

We are looking for a commercially focused finance professional to support the Europe & North Africa Finance Director within the STS business. This role will play a key part in consolidating regional financial performance, supporting month-end close activities, driving working capital improvements, and helping operational leaders understand business performance across the region. This position is closely aligned to the day-to-day running of the business. The successful candidate will work directly with operational teams, project teams, and finance stakeholders to improve financial visibility, support decision-making, and help drive cash collection and forecast accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

Regional Financial Consolidation & Reporting

• Consolidate monthly financial performance across the Europe & North Africa region.
• Support preparation of month-end reporting packs, variance analysis, and management commentary.
• Assist in coordinating submissions across multiple business units and countries.
• Ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned across the region.

Month-End & Forecast Support

• Support the month-end close process, including revenue, margin, and cost analysis.
• Assist with quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and longer-term planning cycles.
• Work closely with operational finance teams to understand movements in project performance and forecast changes.
• Help improve forecast accuracy and consistency across the region.

Working Capital & Cash Focus

• Support initiatives to improve cash performance across the business.
• Work with project and operational teams to reduce aged Accounts Receivable (AR) balances and resolve unbilled positions.
• Track overdue debtors and support escalation/follow-up activities where required.
• Assist in identifying process improvements to strengthen billing and cash collection performance.

Business Partnering

• Build strong relationships with operational leaders and project teams across the region.
• Support finance directors and business leaders with ad hoc analysis and commercial insight.
• Help translate financial data into clear business-focused messaging and actions.
• Support operational reviews and regional performance discussions.

Process & Reporting Improvement

• Support continuous improvement of reporting processes and management information.
• Work with wider FP&A and reporting teams to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Assist with development and enhancement of Power BI reporting and dashboard capabilities.
• Support alignment of reporting processes as the business evolves under the new regional structure.

Skills & Experience

• A relevant number of years of experience in finance, FP&A, project finance, or operational finance.
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent)
• Strong Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Experience supporting month-end close, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to simplify and communicate key messages clearly.
• Experience with Power BI, EPM, FCCS, SAP, or Microsoft Dynamics would be beneficial.
• Experience in project-based, engineering, consulting, or services businesses preferred.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive and commercially minded.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Strong communicator with the confidence to engage with operational stakeholders.
• Willing to challenge where needed while maintaining strong working relationships.
• Team-oriented with a hands‑on approach.

KBR Company Information

When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability. At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting‑edge solutions and services. As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

One KBR Values

• We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.
• We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high‑quality, technology‑led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
• We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.
• We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision‑makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.
• We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.

We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.

#LI‑EF1 #LI‑HYBRID

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high‑quality, technology‑led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision‑makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are aTeamofTeams–We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments.