FP&A Analyst

MOO group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

MOO is seeking an FP&A Analyst who thrives at turning numbers into insights and partnering with non-financial teams to drive business performance. You will keep forecasts and models current, ensuring they reflect the latest thinking in a fast-growing company and support decision-making across departments.

You will collaborate with the FP&A team and the People and G&A functions to deliver accurate financial plans, insightful variance analysis, and clear communication to leadership.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified ACA/ACCA or CIMA, or in final stages of qualification.
• Experience building and maintaining integrated financial models.
• Excellent communication skills for explaining numbers to non-financial stakeholders.
• Proactive and curious, able to challenge assumptions and drive better decisions.
• Proficient in Google Workspace tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance business partner to People and allocated G&A functions, supporting budget holders with financial insight and decision making.
• Maintain detailed headcount models and workforce forecasts, collaborating with the People Team on hiring plans and org changes reflected in financial plans.
• Lead the monthly cost reporting process with variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year, highlighting key drivers and risks.
• Manage tracking and reporting of capital expenditure for allocated functions, ensuring accurate forecast and monitoring.
• Support the annual budget and forecasting process for allocated functions, delivering timely forecasts to stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning, reporting and forecasting processes, leveraging automation and new technologies.
• Support on ad hoc financial analysis, investment appraisals and business cases to aid decision-making across the business.
• Prepare financial reporting and materials for senior leadership and Board meetings.

Skills

Financial modeling

Business partnering

Data analysis

Communication

Google Workspace

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Tableau

NetSuite

Job description

MOO is all about making great design available to everyone. We do that by producing premium print and branded merchandise. But it’s as much about how we do it, leading with design, technology and sustainability.

Founded in 2004, we’ve come this far by being obsessed with the happiness of our customers. Along the way, we’ve built an award-winning and much-loved brand, with exceptional customer satisfaction and Trustpilot ratings. Those customers are typically small and medium-sized businesses based in North America, the UK, and Europe – businesses that, like us, value design and see the brand-building power of putting something real in people’s hands.

We’ve received the highest business award in Britain, ‘The Queen’s Award for Enterprise’. Part of Tech Nation’s ‘Future Fifty’, we’ve been profiled in the Financial Times, and ranked in the Guardian’s top 10 UK start-ups.

Today we are over 350 people, headquartered in the UK but with many of our people based in the USA and South Africa.

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team at MOO is at the heart of our financial decision-making, providing strategic insights that drive growth and performance. This role sits within a team of four, reporting into the Head of FP&A.

We’re looking for an FP&A Analyst who’s passionate about turning numbers into insight and insight into impact. This is a highly business-facing role, working closely with teams across the organisation to support decision-making and drive performance.
You’ll play a key role in keeping our forecasts and financial models up to date, ensuring they reflect the latest thinking in a fast-moving business. You’ll bring clarity to performance, helping teams understand what’s really driving the numbers and what that means for the business.

The Person We Want

You’re a curious, analytical finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You enjoy digging into the numbers, spotting trends, and helping others understand what’s really going on.
You’re confident working with data but just as comfortable working with non-financial teams. You know how to explain financial insights clearly and in a way that lands. A background in financial planning and analysis, along with business partnering experience, will set you up for success.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance business partner to the People team and allocated G&A functions, supporting budget holders with financial insight and decision making.
• Maintain detailed headcount models and workforce forecasts, working closely with the People Team to ensure hiring plans and organisational changes are accurately reflected in financial plans.
• Lead the monthly cost reporting process for allocated business functions, providing insightful variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year, highlighting key drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Manage the tracking and reporting of capital expenditure for allocated business functions, ensuring investment spend is accurately forecast and monitored.
• Support the annual budget and forecasting process for allocated business functions, working with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely forecasts.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning, reporting and forecasting processes, leveraging automation and new technologies to increase efficiency and insight.
• Support on ad hoc financial analysis, investment appraisals and business cases to support decision-making across the business.
• Prepare financial reporting and materials for senior leadership and Board meetings, ensuring information is accurate, clear and supports effective decision-making.

About You

• A newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or in the final stages of a professional accounting qualification.
• Demonstrable experience building and maintaining integrated financial models
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain the story behind the numbers clearly and confidently to non-financial stakeholders
• Proactive and curious, with a questioning mindset — comfortable challenging assumptions, spotting opportunities, and helping teams make better decisions
• Proficient in Google Workspace tools

Nice To Have's

• Familiarity with Tableau or other analytical tools
• Familiarity with NetSuite
• Prior experience in e-commerce, manufacturing, or other high-growth, product-based industries

What’s it like to work at MOO?

MOO’s the kind of workplace where you can really be yourself. Dye your hair purple. Hit the sofa with your laptop. Whatever helps you feel comfortable and happy at work. We want to help you grow in your career and set you up for success – while also recognising the importance of a healthy work/life balance.

That’s why we offer 19 days holiday rising by one day for each year here (for 5 years), a matched pension scheme, and paid parental leave. We’ll offer you private healthcare and life insurance. We also offer flexible work schedules with hybrid and remote working for certain roles.

Diversity Statement

We are working hard to create a representative, inclusive and super-friendly team, because we know that different experiences, perspectives and backgrounds make for a better workplace. And that creates a better experience for our customers. MOO doesn’t discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected class.

As a design and technology company we have a desire and a responsibility to build a business that represents the world around us. So we strive to create a values-driven, purposeful and highly empowered organisation that we are all proud to work for. And we are committed to continuous investment in building an open and inclusive environment, welcoming a diverse audience of candidates who see themselves working and thriving at MOO. Therefore, we’d like to invite you to complete this optional survey to help us evaluate our inclusion and diversity efforts. Completing this form is entirely voluntary and if you decide not to it won’t in any way affect your job application. We keep the information separate from your application and it is kept secure and confidential, it is only used to better our inclusion and diversity efforts.By submitting this information, you consent to MOO's processing of it for these purposes.