FTC Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Luigi Lavazza S.p.A.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global coffee company is seeking a candidate responsible for managing financial controlling processes, supporting budgets and forecasts, and aligning financial targets with business strategies. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and expertise in financial performance management. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to financial decision-making within the organization.

Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge in Financial Strategy and Transactional Accounting.
• Intermediate knowledge in Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills to assess revenue and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Supports preparation and consolidation of yearly budget and revision cycles.
• Works with teams to align financial targets with the Group's strategy.
• Tracks financial KPIs and prepares managerial reports.

Skills

Collaboration & Partnership

Communication & Impact

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Leading People

Planning & Managing Priorities

Big Picture & Vision

Customer Orientation

Job description

Mission

The role is responsible for supporting the management of controlling processes within the organization, and alignment of overall business targets, cost projections and investment decisions. This involves supporting long-term planning, yearly budgeting and periodic forecasting processes in line with the Group Strategy, performing analyses of revenue, cost, and profitability of various business segments, tracking progress of new initiatives and provides results to management. Finally, the role requires tracking financial KPIs and metrics for functional areas and preparing controlling and managerial reports to support decision making.

Main Responsibilities

1. Supports the preparation and consolidation of yearly budget and related revision cycles (forecasts) as well as long-term plans, ensuring adherence to defined guidelines, methodologies and timelines;
2. Works with Functional / Regional / Country teams to ensure alignment of financial targets and resource allocation, accordingly with Group's strategy;
3. Performs detailed revenue, cost, and profitability analyses for assessing the performance of various business segments and support decision making;
4. Supports financial and economic evaluations for initiatives and investments of functional areas, providing detailed assessments to management;
5. Keeps track of financial trends by functional areas, gathering data and providing results and variances versus previous forecasts to management;
6. Tracks the progress of new initiatives planned by the business / functional areas in order to measure results and returns on investments and report to management;
7. Supports the development, implementation and update of the industrial controlling model, standard cost structure, and related methodology;
8. Prepares managerial reports, tracking and reporting financial KPIs and metrics for functional areas, and providing data consistency, completeness, and timeliness;
9. Supports reconciliation of managerial and statutory reporting (internal vs external) within the period-end process;
10. Keeps abreast of opportunities for improvement in terms of processes and technologies supporting controlling and managerial reporting activities and provides relevant updates to management.

General Skills

• Collaboration & Partnership
• Communication & Impact
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Leading People
• Planning & Managing Priorities
• Big Picture & Vision
• Customer Orientation

Technical Competencies

• Financial Strategy - Foundational Knowledge
• Transactional Accounting & Closing Processes - Foundational Knowledge
• Financial Systems & Technology - Foundational Knowledge
• Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting - Intermediate Knowledge & Application
• Financial Performance Management - Intermediate Knowledge & Application
• Cost Management - Intermediate Knowledge & Application

BUDGET / PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITIES