We are looking for a commercially minded FP&A Analyst to join a growing finance team within a dynamic and evolving organisation. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a fully qualified or nearly qualified accountant who enjoys working closely with senior leadership and contributing to strategic financial planning.
Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.
Reporting to the Finance Director, the FP&A Analyst will play a key role in supporting the organisation’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. The role will involve working with operational stakeholders across the business to provide meaningful financial insight and help drive performance.
The organisation is entering an exciting phase of growth and strategic development, making this a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts across the business
- Producing and maintaining cashflow forecasts and supporting treasury visibility
- Compiling management accounts packs and financial reporting for senior leadership
- Delivering meaningful financial analysis and insight to support decision-making
- Developing and maintaining financial models to support planning and performance analysis
- Working closely with operational teams to improve financial visibility at site level
- Supporting the Finance Director with strategic planning and commercial analysis
- Producing and enhancing reporting dashboards using Power BI
- Working with data from Microsoft Business Central to support reporting and analysis
- Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes and financial systems
- Supporting wider finance initiatives and ad hoc projects as the business grows
Skills & Experience
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (or close to completion)
- Previous experience in FP&A, commercial finance, xwzovoh or financial analysis
- Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
- Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills
- Experience working with Power BI or other data visualisation tools
- Familiarity with Microsoft Business Central would be advantageous
- Experience working in a private equity-backed environment or within the education sector would be beneficial
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with stakeholders across the business
- Professional, polished presence with the ability to represent finance effectively in a premium environment
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