Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Worcester with 2 days in the office

£55,000

Newly-created FP&A role in a growing Worcester business. A number 2 role to the Head of FP&A, collaborating with the senior leadership team, providing high quality financial reporting and analysis and driving strategic initiatives. A flexible employer offering 3 days WFH.

Key responsibilities

• Partnering with senior leadership across various departments to understand their financial needs
• Offering insights and recommendations based on in-depth financial insight
• Leading cross-functional meetings to discuss financial performance and strategic initiatives
• Ownership of monthly reporting to the Board
• Developing and maintaining advanced financial models to support business planning and decision-making
• Analysing complex financial data to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Supporting the annual budgeting process and monthly/quarterly forecasting process
• Identifying areas for process improvements to enhance FP&A activities
• Supporting projects and initiatives with first class financial analysis
• Developing business cases for new investments

Candidate profile

• A qualified accountant with proven experience in financial planning and analysis
• Good experience of producing complex financial analysis and reports
• A high degree of skill with Excel
• An effective communicator who can present complex financial information clearly
• A strong commercial mindset and able to communicate finance matters to non-finance people
• The ability to think critically and evaluate opportunities/risks