Senior FP&A Analyst

Marc Daniels; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst for a 9-month contract based in Harrow. This role involves producing budgets, forecasts, and financial modelling to support key stakeholders and improve business processes. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and qualifications as a CIMA, ACA, or ACCA accountant.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) required.
• Strong analytical skills to identify trends and issues.
• Experience in retail or multisite environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produce annual business plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Financial modelling for investment opportunities and acquisitions.
• Produce P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial modelling skills

Strong financial understanding

Education

Qualified Accountant CIMA, ACA, ACCA

Job description

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to join a multisite, Retail business based in Harrow. This role offers broad experience and significant exposure to key stakeholders. This is a 9 month contract role and needs someone to start ASAP.

Responsibilities:

• Produce annual business plans, budgets and forecasts
• Managing labour costs, forecasting labour, monitoring and financial modelling for different labour scenarios.
• Financial modelling to enhance through profitability investment opportunities and potential acquisitions
• Produce P&L, balance sheet and cashflow
• Report on key performance indicators and challenge Operations when required
• Produce analytical and commercial support to financial decision-making processes
• Build the assumptions documents for Budgets, Forecasts and Business Plans, ensuring assumptions are rigorously tested and align across functions
• Work with Commercial finance teams to produce standardised outputs that effectively communicate key messages in forecasts and budget.
• Support delivery of period end timetable identifying process improvement and driving changes throughout finance
• Present to the Senior leadership team the key variances to budget and YoY
• Support in any ad-hoc presentations for the Head of FP&A and CFO
• Identify, suggest and implement improvements to business processes and financial controls to increase efficiency and ensure all costs are recorded accurately in the accounts

Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant CIMA, ACA, ACCA
• Strong financial understanding & strong analytical skills to be able to identify issues and trends
• Financial modelling skills
• Preferably familiar with Retail or Multisite environments
• Business partnering experience with Operations