FP & A / Financial Planning Analyst - Central London - Up to £65,000 pa Do you want to work for a leading retail business who are currently going through an exciting growth drive, offer superb benefits and have a focus on career development? If the answer to this question is positive and you are the type of commercially minded finance professional who is confident, thrives on responsibility and has superb communication skills, this could be an ideal opportunity for you. Reporting into the Financial Planning Manager and supporting the highly credible and engaging Divisional Financial Controller, this role has a large degree of autonomy and will be responsible for working closely with this senior team to drive constant improvements in both processes and reporting. Key to your success will be your ability to demonstrate a commercial acumen and an ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels (both within finance and non-finance) and be an effective business partner. About you
• You will be an experienced Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with a strong commercial grounding.
• Previous retail and/or multisite experience is highly beneficial.
• Experience of Business Partnering with Senior Stakeholders and capable of operating in a changing and fast-moving environment.
• Self-managing, capable of planning and prioritising a broad and extensive range of activities.
• You will have a keen eye for detail and accuracy, ensuring financial data is summarised in a logical and informative manner, appropriate to the given audience
• You will have advanced Excel skills and an ability to present financial data in a clear manner You will also be a strong communicator; building credible relationships and influencing across teams through having a solid awareness of people as well as numerical data The role As a member of the international FP&A team you will work with various business partners and senior finance colleagues to produce impactful financial analysis and forecasts in order to guide value-adding strategic decision making. This role is involved in building financial modelling and analysis capabilities within the division. There will also be significant opportunity to identify and implement improvements to existing forecasting processes. You will closely with the team with responsibility for running the management of reporting, business analysis, performance management and operational planning/forecasting cycle for the relevant regions. Given the carrying regional factors, this can be a complex division/role and you will be working closely with and engaging regional stakeholders to ensure consistency of all planning and forecasting. Main Duties:
• Provide a financial planning and forecasting for international business units
• Deliver periodic and annual budgets and forecasts
• Assist with the implementation of improvements to process improvements
• Support the production of Management Information that is robust and fit for purpose
• Assist with setting planning and forecasting timetables for the organisation
• Support strategy in the collation and consolidation of the year planning There has never been a better time to join this business and work as part of a highly professional and friendly team. . We've been candidates too so we know how frustrating it is if you don't hear back from a job application. We'd love to respond to everyone, however given the high volume of responses we receive from the combination of job boards, social media and other sources and despite our best efforts, we simply can't get back to every application - We know that's not what you want to hear but we hope you'll understand? Short-listed candidates will obviously be contacted for this specific role and if you haven't heard from us within a week, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We will keep your CV on file to contact you with regards to future roles and any other advice to help you, however if you do not wish to remain on our database, please let us know and we will obviously remove you. Alternatively, feel free to contact us for a chat.