Financial Planning Analyst

Part of the Group Finance Team, this role reports directly to the head of FP&A and has responsibility for supporting both the business and other finance teams. This entails the delivery of timely & accurate month end reporting, business intelligence and insightful actionable analytics. The information provided ultimately helps to shape the future of the business, driving commercial performance & delivery of the financial plan. This position is critical in supporting the Group FP&A Cycle.

What You Will Do

• Partnering Senior Management & Supporting the delivery of the group FP&A cycle. Month-end, Forecasting, Budget, Long-range-plan
• Support in business transformation & process improvement.
• Enhance internal reporting and KPIs to provide valuable insight to external stakeholders and senior management utilising finance systems (The main one being NetSuite and Anaplan)
• Reconcile financial data between difference systems and sources
• Identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track and measure business initiatives.
• Designing & implementing data analysis and reporting tools to support decision making and managing the preparation of reports by a centre of excellence
• Collaborate with financial teams to deliver best in class reporting and forecasting processes.

What You Will Have

• Recognised accounting qualification, eg ACA or ACCA, with thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience implementing and improving business & finance processes
• Strong analytical skill with a logical approach to problem solving
• Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills
• Solid background in accounting, financial planning, budgeting and financial modelling
• Excel expertise
• Exposure to Business intelligence tools (e.g. Anaplan)
• Experience of working within complex matrix or multi-site corporate environments
• Detail oriented and organised, with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Proactive, insightful, and commercially astute
• Solid working knowledge of finance systems