Senior FP&A Analyst

SRM Recruitment; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SRM Recruitment is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team in Bury St Edmunds. This role involves providing forward-looking FP&A insights, supporting monthly reporting, and contributing to budgeting and forecasting cycles.

The ideal candidate will have experience in FP&A, strong analytical skills, and be proficient in Excel. You will play a crucial role in delivering insights and improving overall business performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A roles with a record of delivering results.
• Strong relationship building skills at various levels.
• Proficient in Excel for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner providing insight to stakeholders.
• Support monthly performance analysis and reporting.
• Assist in budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Monitor KPIs and implement remedial actions as necessary.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial Analysis

Budgeting

FP&A

Excel proficiency

Education

A degree in Finance or equivalent

Job description

To act as a finance business partner across the business, providing forward looking FP&A insight and challenge to senior stakeholders. The role will carry out monthly performance analysis, support the monthly reporting, forecasting and business planning cycles, and continuously seek new ways to add insight and valu

Month End Reporti

• ng:
  Support the month end process, to inc
• lude:Review of a selection of Business areas, and assist with continuous improvement of insight and ana
• lysisReview and comparison to budget and expectation of group performance, both in the month and year to
• date.Monthly forecasting pr
• ocessReview of monthly financial performance packs presented to budget holders and other key internal stakeholders, challenging variances and assumptions within fore
• castsPreparation of reporting data to flow into the group management acc

ounts Budgeting, Forecasting and Business Pl

• anning:
  Support the annual budgeting and business plan update process, i
• ncluding:Reviewing budget models prepared by other members of
• the team,Review budget from a group level and assist preparation of budget review packs by providing analysis an
• d insightPreparation of budget pack to go Senior Ma
• nagement.Delivering insight and analysis of budgets and business plans to ensure long-term trends are identified and communicated to stak
• eholders.Supporting / reviewing certain areas of costs at group level, to include below EBITDA b
• udgeting.Supporting the Senior Finance Manager – FP&A, in delivering the group balance sheet model, group budget submission, and annual business valuation model

process. Insight an

• d Analysis:
  Support processes to deliver insight and analysis regarding key areas of business performan
• ce:Monitoring KPIs, understanding any deviations from expectation and, where required, engaging other members of the Finance team and wider business, in identifying and implementing reme
• dial actions.Supporting business engagement to ensure maximum value from business unit/department level r
• elationships.Gathering information from the business as required, to provide to the Commercial finance / Corporate finance teams, to enhance the accuracy of reporting and to feed
• into models.Support monthly internal review procedures to enhance Senior Management understanding of business performance, including development of material and agenda for monthly Finance Review (Management Accoun
• ts) meetings.Support the Senior Finance Manager – FP&A, in the development of ad hoc models to support investment, business development and other corporate initiatives such as the implementation of Activity B

ased Costing. Person

• A or equivalent)
  Experience of working in an FP&A team including business partnering, with a proven track record in delivering results on time, and in building and maintaining relationships at a v
• ariety of levels.
  Competent user of excel with experience of reviewing and interpreting spreadsheets which may have a variety of differen