Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A)

Location: London (City) (Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office )

Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 + benefits

A leading Financial Services organisation is embarking on an ambitious growth and transformation journey and is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) to join its expanding team.

Reporting into the FP&A function, you will combine core financial planning and analysis with strong business partnering, advanced financial modelling, and a focus on automation and reporting improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and long‑term financial plans
• Analyse financial performance, identifying trends, variances, risks, and opportunities
• Provide high‑quality insight to support senior leadership decisions
• Develop and enhance financial reports, dashboards, and KPIs
• Act as a key finance partner to senior and operational stakeholders
• Present complex financial information clearly to non‑finance audiences
• Support business cases, investment appraisals, and strategic initiatives
• Identify opportunities to automate manual and repetitive finance processes
• Drive continuous improvement across FP&A systems, tools, and ways of working
• Build and maintain robust financial models for forecasting and scenario analysis
• Use advanced Excel and analytical techniques to enhance insight and decision‑making
• Collaborate with IT and business teams on system improvements and data integration
• Support finance transformation and system enhancement initiatives

Key Skill and Experience

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA)
• Proven experience in an FP&A or Financial Analyst role within Financial Services is essential
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, planning, and performance reporting
• Demonstrable experience partnering with senior, non‑financial stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills with strong financial modelling capability
• Experience improving reporting efficiency and automating finance processes
• Highly analytical, detail‑oriented, and confident working with complex data

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