Vacancy: Senior FP&A Analyst

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

27 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays

Birthday leave

Paid Christmas office shutdown

Private Medical Insurance

Life assurance (x4 salary)

Income protection

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Free BCS membership

Financial wellbeing support

Job summary

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to transform financial data into strategic insights. This role involves acting as a proactive partner to the executive team, interpreting financial performance, and leading revenue forecasting analysis. The successful candidate will develop business intelligence models and dashboards to enhance decision-making. This full-time position offers hybrid working, 27 days holiday, private medical insurance, and various other benefits, ensuring a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic finance roles supporting executive teams.
• Ability to translate financial information for non-finance audiences.
• Knowledge of financial modeling and revenue analysis.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic finance partner to the CEO and CFO.
• Produce advanced P&L analysis and commercial reporting.
• Develop business intelligence dashboards and models.
• Support the annual budget and forecasting processes.

Skills

Strategic financial partnership

Financial data analysis

Predictive analytics

Business intelligence development

Job description

Salary: £70,000 - £85,000 per annum dependant on location and experience

Location: London or Swindon

Contract Type: Full-time, permanent

The Senior FP&A Analyst is a strategic finance role created to transform how BCS uses financial data to provide insight and drive executive decision-making. The role moves the organisation beyond traditional management reporting, surfacing proactive, forward‑looking financial and business intelligence that supports the CEO, Executive Team and Senior Leadership in steering the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a proactive strategic finance partner to the CEO, CFO and Executive Team, anticipating information needs and surfacing meaningful business insight rather than reacting to ad‑hoc reporting requests.
• Interpret financial performance data and present trends, patterns and insights in business context, producing executive‑ready analysis, commentary and presentation material that directly supports decision‑making.
• Lead on revenue analysis and revenue forecasting, driving improvements in forecasting accuracy across revenue streams and deepening the organisation’s understanding of the drivers behind performance.
• Produce advanced P&L analysis, management accounting insight, and commercial performance reporting that goes beyond statutory and management accounts to create financial and business intelligence.
• Combine financial data with operational, membership, commercial and other relevant data sets to create joined‑up insight that illuminates organisational performance and opportunity.
• Develop and maintain business intelligence dashboards, models and reporting mechanisms that provide the Executive Team with timely, relevant and actionable information.
• Apply predictive analytics to monitor, report, spot and forecast trends and patterns — turning financial data into short, medium and long‑term forward‑looking insight.
• Build and refine financial models to support scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, investment appraisal and strategic decision‑making.
• Partner with colleagues across the organisation to understand performance drivers, challenge assumptions constructively, and improve the quality of financial and commercial decision‑making.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, compelling narrative for non‑finance audiences at Executive, Senior Leadership and governance levels, including Committees and Council where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve the financial management mix, reporting processes, data flows and tooling, working closely with the CFO on continuous improvement.
• Support the annual budget and re‑forecast cycles with analytical rigour, providing challenge, insight and forward‑looking perspective.
• Represent Finance in cross‑functional initiatives requiring financial analysis, modelling or intelligence input.

BCS is dedicated to providing training and development to help all staff realise their potential, and also offer a generous benefit package.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT are committed to promoting equality at every opportunity as an employer. This statement and our policies are designed to ensure our recruitment and employment practices and procedures actively promote equality of opportunity and value diversity.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK upon application.

What we offer

• Hybrid Working
• 27 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Birthday leave
• Paid Christmas office shutdown
• Private Medical Insurance and/or Health Cash Plan
• Life assurance (x4 salary)
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Free BCS membership
• Financial wellbeing support
• Unum Help@Hand (including access to EAP, online GP consultations, wellbeing support, retail discounts and more)