Senior FP&A Analyst

Axon Moore; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Axon Moore is partnering with a fast-growing professional services business in Central Manchester, seeking a commercially astute finance professional with advanced Excel, Power BI and SQL skills. The role focuses on owning the rolling forecast, building scenarios, and delivering variance analysis to support strategic decisions.

The ideal candidate will be ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified, proficient in data visualisation tools, and able to clearly communicate insights to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel and modelling skills.
• ACCA/CIMA/ACA Qualified.
• Experience with data visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker etc), SQL skills are a plus.
• Confident communicator, able to clearly summarise information for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Finance Business Partners to ensure forecast assumptions are accurate and up-to-date, providing challenge as required.
• Owning the rolling forecast for the group.
• Building and stress-testing scenarios across revenue and cost plans to support decision-making
• Tracking and interpreting key commercial KPIs by division / brand and translating trends into financial impacts.
• Producing weekly and monthly variance analysis against forecast with clear explanations on the key drivers of change
• Driving process improvement across planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles by utilising automation and AI

Skills

Advanced Excel

Modelling

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Communication skills

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA Qualified

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

SQL

Job description

The Company

Axon Moore is exclusively partnering with a fast growing, professional services business in Central Manchester. Due to continued growth they require a commercially astute individual with strong Excel skills, Power BI & SQL to join their exciting team.

Salary – Circa £60,000

Location – Central Manchester

Hybrid – 4 days in 1 working from home.

Responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the Finance Business Partners to ensure forecast assumptions are accurate and up-to-date, providing challenge as required.


• Owning the rolling forecast for the group.


• Building and stress-testing scenarios across revenue and cost plans to support decision-making


• Tracking and interpreting key commercial KPIs by division / brand and translating trends into financial impacts.


• Producing weekly and monthly variance analysis against forecast with clear explanations on the key drivers of change


• Driving process improvement across planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles by utilising automation and AI

Person Specification:

• Advanced Excel and modelling skills.


• ACCA/CIMA/ACA Qualified


• Experience with data visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker etc), SQL skills are a plus


• Confident communicator, able to clearly summarise information for senior stakeholders