Interim Senior Finance Analyst

Stanton House; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanton House in London is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst for an initial six-month contract with potential to become permanent. You will lead budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, refreshing Excel files, consolidating cross‑organisational data and ensuring robust formulas and links.

The ideal candidate is part-qualified or fully qualified, with at least three years FP&A in industry, advanced Excel and experience in asset-intensive environments such as energy.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant with FP&A experience.
• At least 3 years FP&A experience in industry.
• Experience completing a full annual budgeting cycle.
• Advanced Excel skills including linked files and unstructured data handling.
• Experience in energy/mining/infrastructure or asset-intensive environments.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with recurring reporting processes.
• Clear communication with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience in start-up, PE-backed or rapidly developing international business is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and refresh budgeting, forecasting and reporting files.
• Consolidate financial information from different entities and stakeholders.
• Review formulas, links and data flows to ensure accuracy.
• Structure and analyse data from unstructured formats.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes.
• Prepare actual-versus-budget analysis and investigate variances.
• Assist with monthly and quarterly management reporting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve submission quality.
• Identify weaknesses and propose practical improvements.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support decisions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Data consolidation

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder communication

Education

Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

ERP/Financial systems

Job description

Initial six-month contract with potential to become permanent

London

We are supporting a growing international renewable-energy business in the appointment of a Senior FP&A Analyst. The organisation develops, acquires and operates utility-scale solar, wind and battery-storage assets across multiple international markets.

This is a hands-on role supporting the business through its budgeting, forecasting and management-reporting cycles. The immediate priority is to take ownership of existing Excel-based files, ensuring that information is refreshed accurately, formulas and links remain robust, and data received from different parts of the organisation is consolidated effectively.

The opportunity would suit a qualified or part-qualified finance professional who began their career within a Big Four or mid-tier accounting firm before gaining commercial FP&A experience in industry. The business is particularly interested in candidates looking for an interim assignment that could develop into a permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and refresh existing budgeting, forecasting and reporting files.
• Consolidate financial information received from different entities and stakeholders.
• Review formulas, links and data flows to ensure Excel files remain accurate and reliable.
• Clean, structure and analyse data received in inconsistent or unstructured formats.
• Support the annual budgeting cycle and subsequent forecasting and reforecasting processes.
• Prepare actual-versus-budget analysis and investigate key variances.
• Assist with monthly and quarterly management reporting.
• Work closely with finance and operational stakeholders to improve the quality of submissions.
• Identify weaknesses in current files and processes and recommend practical improvements.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support management decision-making.

Required experience

• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant.
• Ideally trained within a Big Four or recognised mid-tier accounting firm.
• At least three years of FP&A experience within industry.
• Experience completing a full annual budgeting cycle.
• Advanced Excel skills, including maintaining linked files, troubleshooting formulas and working with unstructured data.
• At least three years of experience within energy, mining, infrastructure or another asset-intensive environment.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work comfortably with established files and recurring reporting processes.
• Clear communication skills and experience working with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience within a start-up, private-equity-backed or rapidly developing international business would be particularly valuable.