Financial Planning Analyst
Location: B&M, Iris House, Dock Road South, Bromborough, CH62 4SQ
At Panda, we do more than manage waste. We recover value, drive sustainability, and keep essential operations moving. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a Financial Planning Analyst to join our team and play a key role in helping the business make smarter, faster, better-informed decisions.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you’ll support financial planning, reporting, and performance analysis across the business. You’ll help bring visibility to key financial and operational trends, support decision-making, and improve how we track and manage performance.
Responsibilities
- Producing weekly P&L and KPI reporting across divisions and processes
- Partnering with operational teams to develop and maintain daily and weekly KPI suites
- Supporting the reconciliation of waste revenues and costs with Finance and operational stakeholders
- Delivering variance analysis against budget, forecast, five-year plan, and prior year performance
- Assisting with monthly management accounts, including trend and scenario analysis
- Preparing analysis against competitor and industry benchmarks
- Supporting the business in managing waste flows efficiently and cost-effectively
- Developing and improving Power BI reporting to give stakeholders stronger visibility and insight
- Contributing to ad hoc finance and commercial projects as the business evolves
Qualifications
We’re looking for someone who can combine strong analytical capability with a practical, commercially focused mindset.
- Experience in Commercial Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, or a similar analytical finance role
- Strong Excel capability and confidence working with large data sets
- Experience with Power BI, or the ability to build reporting that helps stakeholders make better decisions
- Good understanding of financial reporting, variance analysis, and performance tracking
- The ability to build strong relationships across different teams and levels of the business
- Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to explain data in a simple and useful way
- A proactive approach and the confidence to work in a business that is operational, fast-moving, and hands‑on
Experience with systems such as Adaptive would be beneficial, but it is not essential.
Panda is committed to attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate and the people we serve. (DE&I Policy Statement)
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