Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Sheridan Maine is excited to be working with a global cosmetics and skincare company. They are currently looking for an FP&A Analyst to join their busy and expanding finance team. The role will be on a 6 month fixed term contract, working closely with the Commercial Finance Controllers. You will act as a finance business partner to all brands, providing important insight on trading performance, supporting delivery of the annual budget & three-year strategic plan and identifying areas for growth and efficiency, whilst also adding value through providing commercial financial support to optimise performance. Your responsibilities will include:
• Deliver regular forecasts that accurately predict performance based on trends and drivers
• Identify issues impacting delivery of the forecast, across all aspects of the P&L, and work with both the business and the Heads of Finance to identify mitigation plans
• Play an important role in delivering the budget process for all brands
• Work closely with the Commercial Finance Controllers in providing key insight and identifying emerging trends on business performance
• Deliver management reporting for the businesses which will need to be accurate, timely and actionable
• Use financial insight and data to help the business control its costs and then use that insight to make strategic decisions
• Develop a business mindset and act as sounding board to the Commercial Finance Controllers and other members of the business outside of finance
• Ad hoc analysis and scenario planning
• Support Commercial Finance Controllers to deliver regular weekly and monthly reporting with action based commentary
• Work to deliver and report appropriate KPIs for the business Your skills and qualifications will include:
• Part qualified accountant (ACMA, ACCA, ACA) or by experience
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills
• Experience of working in a commercial finance function of a large company
• Experience of complex analysis of business performance in a commercial business environment
• Experience of building strong and successful relationships across multiple functions within a business
• Strong modelling capability and the experience of developing mid and long term financial models You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful. If you're passionate about this position or are keen to hear more please click on "apply" above as soon as possible.