Job Overview
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The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst role is focused on driving commercial success by supporting Group & divisional leadership and their operational teams, as well as working closely with business development teams. This dynamic role will partner key business stakeholders to provide valuable insights and recommendations to optimise margins, maximise revenue and communicate & mitigate future risks and opportunities. Jointly responsible for overseeing the FP&A activity which ensures accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis to facilitate informed business decisions. The FP&A Manager fosters a high-performing finance team culture, empowering members to deliver exceptional financial management and drive performance across the entire organisation. The role will need to have key analytical skills and strategic mindset contribute significantly to the company's financial success and growth.
Main Duties
P&L, Reporting & Business Partnering;
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Joint responsibility for FP&A activity within the Business Services FM division
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Support preparation and analysis of yearly and quarterly financial budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes. Including providing guidance and key input assumptions to the subdivisions.
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Joint responsibility for delivering detailed rolling forecasts, working with the divisional finance team to present to senior management monthly
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Ownership of the monthly flash reporting. Including collating and providing detail commentary on the monthly and YTD performance vs forecast(s) and prior year. Along with subsequent validation and “hand holding” to ensure ledgers close with revenue and profit in line with expectations
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Maintain, enhance and monitor the Forward Order Book
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Support the production of the Monthly Business Review presentation, providing insight and commentary on the P&L vs AOP/Forecasts/Prior periods
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams, offering financial insights to support decision-making and improve profitability and cash flow.
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Improving financial reporting across the BU for more detailed analysis
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Support in the preparation of other management and board-level presentations, providing clear and concise financial analysis and commentary
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Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and business intelligence support to management and business partners
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Monitor key financial metrics and performance indicators and provide variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and historical trends
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Working closely with the MI & insights team to assist in the designing, developing and maintaining all analytical and reporting requirements including Power BI
What we are looking for
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ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CIPFA qualified, ideally with 1+ year's FP&A or Business Partnering experience.
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Advanced Excel and data manipulation / analysis skills
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Committed to getting the job done, with a right first-time approach.
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An eye for detail but at the same time, capable of seeing the bigger picture.
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Good commercial skills with the ability to sit in front of a key stakeholders and talk about our mix of service lines.
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Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and ability to prioritise a changing workload and use initiative.
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Confident communicator who is able to reach out to relevant personnel across the business to find answers and influence outcomes.
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High level of integrity and a pro-active, independent and structured way of working. With a commitment to embedding a strong governance culture.
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Previous business partnering experience within the Facilities management industry or within a PLC environment
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A hardworking individual with lots of energy, who can deliver high quality work to tight reporting deadlines and demonstrate desire to progress within the company and take on more responsibility
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Able to produce concise and informative reporting under tight deadlines.
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Flexible working and to be able to travel around the UK.
