Senior FP & A Analyst

Pure Pet Food; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Hybrid working

33 days holiday

Pension (salary sacrifice)

Team social events

On-site parking

Cycle to work

Life Assurance & Critical Illness

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteer/charity support

Bring your dog to work

Job summary

Pure Pet Food is seeking a senior FP&A analyst to own the analytical engine behind financial planning and decision making. You’ll manage subscription and commercial modeling, and provide board-ready reporting as the business scales.

This autonomous role demands turning complex data into commercial insights at pace. You’ll own the Abacum forecasting model, support pricing workstreams, and deliver timely, actionable insights to cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Experience in a similar FP&A/finance planning role.
• Strong analytical capability with a commercial mindset.
• Excellent Excel skills; familiarity with FP&A tools (Abacum, Datarails) and SQL/BI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Abacum forecasting model, ensuring cohort, retention, and unit economics assumptions stay accurate as the business evolves.
• Provide analytical support for pricing workstreams, including testing design, execution, and interpretation.
• Deliver regular commercial performance reporting to stakeholders, translating data into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with commercial and operational teams to ensure reporting answers business questions.
• Lead analytical deep dives into pricing, margin, and performance; drive automation and process improvements.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Commercial mindset

Excel skills

SQL

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified

Tools

Abacum

Datarails

Looker

Job description

At Pure, we're passionate about transforming dogs' lives through better nutrition. Born from a friendship between two dog-loving friends and a shared vision, we've grown into something truly special - a UK-based company that's leading the pack in healthy, tailored dog nutrition.

We're not just another pet food company – we put paws and people first with dogs and their owners driving our decisions. We craft healthy, perfectly portioned meals that delight dogs and keep bowls sparkling clean. But what really makes us different is how we support our pet families every step of the way. Through expert advice and personalised communication, we're right there beside them on their journey of giving their four-legged family members the best possible life.

What’s in it for you...

• Enrolment in our discretionary overall company performance bonus scheme.
• Contracted to 38.75 hours per week. Working Monday to Friday.
• Hybrid working - 3 days (across of 3 sites when required) 2 days from home.
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays). Our full 12-month entitlement.
• Free Pure dog food for your dog up to £100 per month.
• Small business with a family feel!
• Salary Exchange Company Pension.
• Team social events and the opportunity to support local charities.
• Free on-site Parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Bring your dog into work.
• Group Life Assurance & Critical illness.
• EAP & Virtual GP Service.

The role…

The senior FP&A analyst is responsible for owning the analytical engine behind Pure’s financial planning and decision making - from subscription and commercial modelling to board reporting. This is an autonomous hands on role for someone who can turn complex data into commercial insights at a pace that matches the business’ growth. The role exists to close the analytical gap left as the team scales, ensuring the rigour and speed of the financial analysis and forecasting keeps pace with the business.

Duties and responsibilities of the role are:

• Own and maintain the Abacum forecasting model, ensuring cohort, retention, and unit economic assumptions stay accurate as the business evolves.
• Provide analytical support for pricing workstreams, including supporting on designing, running and interpreting pricing tests.
• Deliver regular commercial performance reporting to stakeholders across the business, translating data into actionable recommendations.
• Partner with commercial and operational teams to ensure reporting answers the questions the business is asking.
• Lead-analytical deep dives into pricing, margin and commercial performance.
• Strive for constant improvement in process improvements and automation to create more time for value-add activities.

We hope you’ll demonstrate behaviours and a mindset that aligns with our Pure Pack Promises, these are:

• Ahead of the pack: Great communication skills, working well within both the Finance team and cross-functionally, able to anticipate what the business needs before it becomes a problem.
• Paws & People First: Builds reporting and models that genuinely help colleagues make better decisions, not just outputs for their own sake; communicates findings in a way that's accessible to non-finance stakeholders; supports the wider finance team generously, especially during capacity crunches.
• Best in Show: Comfortable working with data to inform insights on how to improve commercial performance.
• New tricks: Continuously iterating and improving on processes to deliver better and more efficient reports and analysis.

It’s essential that you have:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified
• Experience working in a similar role previously
• Strong analytical skills with a commercial mindset
• Excellent Excel skills; experience with FP&A Tools (Abacum, Datarails) and with SQL, BI Tools (Looker) is desired, ability to proactively learn new systems is a must.

What success looks like for this role here at Pure:

• Consistently produces accurate and timely reports, forecasts and analysis on schedule, with minimal rework.
• Abacum forecast model is fully owned, with refined forecast assumptions and improved granularity.
• Taking a lead on testing and commercial analysis, with decisions made directly as a result of these outputs.
• Delivering commercial reporting process improvements to give quicker or more robust business insights.
• Operating with minimal day-to-day direction and independently scoping and delivering analysis without outside instruction.
• Proactively identify areas of commercial opportunity and follow through to action with supporting teams.

At Pure Pet Food, our promises put Paws & People First. We’re committed to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, included, and able to thrive. By celebrating diversity, promoting equity, and embracing new ideas, we aim to be Best in Show for our people as well as their pets. If you’re passionate, curious, and want to be part of a team that’s Ahead of the Pack, we’d love to hear from you.