Interim FP&A Analyst - Goodman Masson

eFinancialCareers; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

The FP&A Analyst role in the United Kingdom requires strong commercial finance, FP&A and business partnering experience to support budgeting, forecasting and reporting within a busy finance function.

You’ll play a key role across budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting and commercial analysis, working closely with both finance and operational stakeholders. This is a 6-month contract with potential extension and a hybrid work model (2–3 days in the office).

Qualifications

• Experience across FP&A, commercial finance, management reporting or business partnering.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills.
• The ability to analyse complex data and turn it into clear, commercially relevant insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working with non-finance stakeholders.
• A proactive approach and the confidence to challenge assumptions where appropriate.
• Part-qualified, qualified or qualified-by-experience finance background.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the annual budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning processes.
• Producing monthly performance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year.
• Investigating variances and providing clear commentary on the underlying business drivers.
• Analysing financial and operational KPIs to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Building and maintaining financial models for forecasting, scenario analysis and business cases.
• Preparing reporting packs, dashboards and analysis for senior stakeholders.
• Business partnering with budget holders and operational teams, providing insight and constructive challenge.
• Supporting management accounts through financial analysis and review of P&L and balance sheet movements.
• Delivering ad hoc commercial analysis and financial deep-dives.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, automation and finance processes.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Excel

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Data analysis

Ad hoc analysis

Education

Part-qualified/Qualified-or-experience finance background

Job description

FP&A Analyst: Up to £300 per day | 6-month contract with potential extension | Hybrid - 2-3 days office-based

We're working with a well-established and growing organisation that is looking to bring an experienced FP&A professional into the team on an initial 6-month contract, with the potential for this to be extended.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong commercial finance, FP&A and business partnering experience to join a busy finance function and make an immediate impact.

The Role

You’ll play a key role across budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting and commercial analysis, working closely with both finance and operational stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the annual budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning processes.


• Producing monthly performance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year.


• Investigating variances and providing clear commentary on the underlying business drivers.


• Analysing financial and operational KPIs to identify trends, risks and opportunities.


• Building and maintaining financial models for forecasting, scenario analysis and business cases.


• Preparing reporting packs, dashboards and analysis for senior stakeholders.


• Business partnering with budget holders and operational teams, providing insight and constructive challenge.


• Supporting management accounts through financial analysis and review of P&L and balance sheet movements.


• Delivering ad hoc commercial analysis and financial deep-dives.


• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, automation and finance processes.

You'll ideally have:

• 5 years Experience across FP&A, commercial finance, management reporting or business partnering.


• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience.


• Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills.


• The ability to analyse complex data and turn it into clear, commercially relevant insight.


• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.


• Experience working with non-finance stakeholders.


• A proactive approach and the confidence to challenge assumptions where appropriate.


• Part-qualified, qualified or qualified-by-experience finance background.