Senior FP&A Analyst

Manchester Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this role you will own the Group’s rolling forecast model and translate large data sets into actionable insights to support decision-making. You’ll partner with Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions, explain drivers, and stress-test revenue and cost scenarios. You will drive forecasting improvements and automation, shaping the group’s financial performance. This is a high-visibility position with potential to influence strategy and financial planning across brands and regions.

Pay / Benefits

  • blended working model (4 days in office)
  • equal opportunities employer
  • diverse and inclusive culture

Responsibilities

  • Own the rolling forecast model for the Group
  • Collaborate with divisional FP&Ps to ensure forecast assumptions are accurate
  • Produce weekly and monthly variance analyses with clear driver explanations
  • Build and stress-test scenarios across revenue and cost plans
  • Track and interpret key commercial KPIs by division/brand and translate trends into financial impact
  • Collaborate with HR to quantify cost impacts across the employee lifecycle
  • Drive process improvement in planning, budgeting and forecasting via automation and AI

Key requirements

  • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent)
  • Prior FP&A or Commercial Finance experience and/or Advisory experience (e.g. Transaction Services / Management Consulting)
  • Exceptional Excel and financial modelling skills
  • Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker etc)
  • SQL skills are a plus
  • Confident communicator who can summarize information for senior stakeholders
  • Proactive and forward-thinking with a passion for driving improvement
  • Adaptable to a dynamic, ever-changing environment
  • analytical mindset
  • commercially-minded
  • attention to detail
  • financial modelling
  • Excel
  • Tableau/Power BI/Looker

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