Senior FP&A Analyst

The Role

• The purpose of the role is to provide timely, accurate & insightful financial analysis as a basis for driving business Region and satisfying Group management reporting requirements.
• The role will take lead accountability in delivering high-quality reporting for all regular performance & forecast exercises. In doing so it will liaise with country & group teams to develop a clear understanding of the management numbers, sometimes reporting insights directly to senior stakeholders, sometimes providing inputs for the FP&A Manager or FP&A FD who are the 2 principal stakeholders for the role.
• Other key stakeholders for this role are the Regional Director and HR Director, Group FP&A team and the country FP&A teams. In all cases the development of a strong working relationship based on excellent communication and independent challenge is seen as essential.
• As the key contact for reporting the role requires the incumbent to have a sufficient financial accounting and technical software knowledge to facilitate resolution of issues as they arise without being an expert in these areas.
• The role will provide an excellent opportunity to be at the forefront of a dynamic FP&A environment, being part of the conversation in a Region worth +€1bn turnover and contributing strongly to the setting and delivery of growth targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing the weekly, monthly and budget submissions performing critical analysis and discussing directly with the country finance teams resolving issues as they arise. Summarise and present findings to FD/ FP&A Manager.
• Writing insightful commentary for monthly performance packs to be used by FP&A Manager, RFD, RGM, Group Exec. Team, Shareholders for business awareness and decision-making
• Build complex 5 year corporate plan models, identifying Group requirements and using knowledge of individual business units and present first iterations to senior finance team.
• Become an expert in HFM / SmartView and Excel modelling to develop insightful analysis
• Building a relationship with the central operations teams to help understand KPI metrics (VAP’s attachment, productivity measures etc) to enable the regional team to drive performance
• Provide support to country transformation business cases and help track benefits   
• Build in depth knowledge of key drivers per country BU, provide initial challenge to countries and summarise and present findings to GM and FD
• Using available data to identify issues which could have a significant impact on business performance. 
• Other ad-hoc tasks including support on regional acquisitions

The Successful Applicant

• CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified accountant
• Experience of working in large, complex international businesses 
• Group FP&A experience working in multi-national, multi-currency Groups
• Highly developed Financial Modelling skills
• HFM systems experience desirable
• High level of financial & accounting acumen
• Commercially minded and able to focus on the areas which really matter when assessing the Group’s financial performance (both actual and projected)
• IT literate with advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Proactive self-starter who is data output driven and can deliver to tight deadlines
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to challenge/question commercial assumptions in an effective way
• Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative environment 
• Demonstrated analytical skills to gather information from disparate sources to identify trends/gaps and build alternative solutions to business challenges

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 10 days, your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, please do continue to apply for jobs advertised by Walker Dendle.

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