Senior FP&A Lead - in London

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Senior FP&A Lead, you will provide financial insights to drive decision-making within a multinational company. This role demands advanced analytical skills and business intelligence expertise, focusing on financial process improvements and partnerships with leadership teams. Ideal candidates will thrive in a challenging, hybrid work environment while driving impactful business strategies.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of commercial financial analysis experience within a multinational.
• Experience with Big 4 or Top 10 accountancy considered.
• Proficiency in financial analysis and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Own the production of weekly revenue forecast and month-end analysis.
• Lead the preparation of operational committee reporting packs.
• Create interactive dashboards and visual reports using Tableau.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Storytelling

Advanced Excel

Data Visualization

Analytical Thinker

Education

Finance qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA / CPA)

Tools

Tableau

Excel

PowerPoint

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As a Senior FP&A Lead for the Europe region, initially covering a leave of absence of another member of the team, you will report into the FP&A Manager and be responsible for producing commercial financial analysis and insights to inform decision making by the management committee.

You will incorporate a mindset of continuous improvement to drive change in finance processes and operations by leading selected projects and initiatives. As a thought partner and strategic advisor, you will create and present analyses and insights to function leadership to actively influence decision-making.

We have recently migrated to a new revenue recognition system, so the role would best suit someone who is comfortable with hands on analysis but who is also keen to understand and improve processes along the way.

Beyond the initial parental leave coverage, the role will transition into a broader business-facing FP&A role, focusing on partnering with practice and market leadership teams on finance and commercial business decision support.

This is a hybrid role that requires at least 3 days per week in the office. There is no option to be fully remote

Your primary areas of responsibility will be:

• Own the production of weekly revenue forecast and month end flash analysis and commentary
• Support producing month end OPCO management committee reporting pack, including leading on proactive analysis to understand and support messaging across key KPIs (Revenue, Capacity, Headcount, Costs, Investments)
• Lead the weekly backlog(sold revenue) review,troubleshooting of revenue recognition or reporting issues with Controllership team, embedding a structured reporting cadence
• Undertake detailed analysis on headcount, utilization and capacity metrics, with partnership from Talent Management colleagues and maintain the Capacity tracker
• Undertake ad hoc analysis and deep dives on European commercials and economics to inform decision making; and leading on projects to improve Europe-wide financial processes
• Create interactive dashboards and visual reports that facilitate data-driven decision-making utilising Tableau and other business intelligence tools
• Support the MIS reporting prioritization agenda, and partnering with Data and Analytics team to drive continued enhancements to the reporting library

Experience Required:

• You will have at least 8-10 years of commercial Financial Analysis work experience within a multinational commercial organization
• We will also consider applications from individuals who are currently working within a Big 4 or Top 10 accountancy practice, have been preparing commercial financial analysis for their clients and who are looking to make a move into industry
• Financial Analysis skills; you will be experienced in preparing financial analysis and impactful storytelling to support business decisions
• Advanced Excel skills, including proficiency in formulas, pivot tables, and macros, alongside the ability to create structured and impactful presentations in PowerPoint
• Proficiency with Tableau or other Business Intelligence tools; experience with data visualization is a must.
• Finance qualification (e.g. CIMA / ACCA / ACA / CPA), plus experience with other ERP tools (e.g. Salesforce) is a plus.

Skills and Attributes:

• You are someone who thrives in a high performance and entrepreneurial environment, bringing a growth and continuous improvement mindset to help evolve the impact of the Finance function
• You will be a structured, analytical thinker capable of operating at multiple levels of precision and detail, with the ability to translate business needs into requirements into technical solutions
• You will be comfortable communicating financial information to finance and non-finance professionals, with impact
• You will demonstrate commercial acumen, with the ability to analyze business drivers and financial strategies within a professional services project environment
• You will effectively prioritize multiple tasks and collaborate with colleagues to resolve impactful business challenges

Please submit your resume in English.

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us!

• We’re individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do
• We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us
• We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
• We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
• We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
• We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

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