Senior FP&A Analyst - Luxury Manufacturing Brand - Surrey

Legacy London Recruitment; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Legacy London Recruitment is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to join a leading heritage brand. This position, based in Woking or Bicester, involves developing reports, managing cashflow analysis, and supporting forecasting processes. Ideal candidates should be fully qualified accountants with experience in producing management information in a manufacturing context. The role offers a competitive salary and market-leading benefits, with hybrid working options available.

Qualifications

• Proven industry experience in manufacturing or supply chain.
• Strong understanding of accounting topics relevant to product development and cost recognition.
• Experience in producing high-quality and granular management information.

Responsibilities

• Support FP&A team with data insights and reporting.
• Develop reports and dashboards tailored to stakeholder needs.
• Collaborate to ensure accuracy and quality of Management Accounting information.

Skills

Problem-solving

Timely delivery

Management information production

Direct and indirect cashflow forecasting

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Power BI

Power Query/M Query

Education

Fully qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Tools

SAP ECC

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join one of the world's most iconic heritage brands. The role offers a competitive salary, a market-leading benefit package, and hybrid working based in Woking or Bicester. Please be aware you must already be fully qualified to be considered for this position.

You'll be responsible for supporting the FP&A team with high-quality data and insights, overseeing reporting and dashboards, contributing to forecasting and process improvement, and managing cashflow analysis in partnership with the Treasury.

What You'll Do

• Develop new capabilities in our Enterprise Performance Management system, working with the Finance Transformation team, Finance Business Business Partners, IT and specialist external partners (as required).
• Collaborate with the FP&A team, Controllership and Finance Business Partners to develop reports, dashboards and business intelligence tools that attend their reporting needs and those of their business stakeholders.
• \'Problemsolve\’ new situations and accounting challenges as the business evolves, working with the Controllership team and the Finance Business Partners.
• Maintain and improve Management Information governance collaboratively with the Controllership and Finance Business Partnering teams to ensure month-end procedures, systems and dimensions meet quality requirements.
• Ensure Management Accounting information is accurate, consistent, granular, available in the right format and fit for consumption by FP&A and Finance Business Partners, enabling them to produce insights for performance management, decision-making, planning and analysis.

Who Are You

• Passionate about finding resourceful solutions to new challenges. Willing to roll up sleeves, adapt to change and deliver at pace.
• Focus on effective and timely delivery meeting internal customers specifications.
• Understanding and practice of relevant accounting topics such as product development capex, supplier tooling, labour capitalisation, inventory, cost of production / cost of goods sold, revenue / cost recognition, sales, customer discounts and marketing incentives.
• Industry experience in businesses with manufacturing, supply chain and product development e.g. automotive, fast-moving consumer goods, capital goods.
• Track-record producing management information that not only fulfils statutory requirements, but also delivers high-quality consistent and granular data that can reliably be used for performance management and decision making.
• Demonstrable experience in direct and indirect cashflow forecasting, providing analysis and narrative and serving as the primary link across FP&A and Treasury to support effective liquidity management.
• Experienced in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP ECC, Power BI and Power Query/M Query, with the ability to design automated reporting solutions and streamline finance data processes.
• Fully qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Location: 3-4 days a week in the Woking or Bicester office

Benefits: Competitive salary and market-leading benefits package