Overview

Up to £65,000 per annum

West London

Permanent, Full Time Role

I am currently working with a great organisation who are looking for a commercially minded Finance Planning Analyst to join their busy team. You will be ACCA, ACA or CIMA, ACCA qualified, with a minimum of 2 years experience in FP&A (as a Business Performance Analyst or in a similar role). This is a hybrid role with up to 2 days working from home,

Purpose:   To improve the business’ financial status by reviewing results and providing an insight on progress against objectives. To monitor variances, identify trends and interpret comparative data, and through doing so to be able to recommend actions to management (for example, changes to methods and materials).

Responsibilities and duties for the role will include:

  • Creating, maintaining and improving the company quote model
  • Delivering ongoing training to colleagues on the quote model, ensuring that all stakeholders are able to use it easily and efficiently
  • Producing dashboards and generating regular reports in order to support ongoing business analysis and provide insights on potential performance, risk and opportunities
  • Reporting on project profitability (with the broader objective of evaluating operational performance)
  • Planning and forecasting for future revenues and margins based on revenue recognition accounting principles
  • Facilitating reporting automation where possible in order to support group consolidation across international entities, including integration with our US parent
  • Building management information models (financial and non-financial) and associated reporting processes
  • Creating and monitoring corporate metrics (“KPIs”)
  • Preparing CAPEX business cases and return on investment analyses
  • Responding to queries from senior management, using data compiled from multiple sources where necessary
  • Suggesting and implementing process improvements for both the Finance department and the wider business

Key attributes/skills and qualifications:

  • 2+ years’ experience in FP&A (as a Business Performance Analyst or in a similar role)
  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
  • Experience working in the construction sector (desirable)
  • Commercially-minded and inquisitive, comfortable challenging assumptions
  • A confident and eloquent communicator, both in verbal and written forms
  • An expert user of Excel,, with previous experience of Excel based financial modelling
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Power BI or a similar ERP system (desirable)

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