At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive business performance through data analysis and financial planning.
- Company: Join a passionate team at Abel Cole, focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, 33 days holiday, and discounts on healthy food.
- Other info: Study support available for accountancy qualifications and great career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by translating data into actionable insights for the business.
- Qualifications: 2-4 years in finance or analytics; strong Excel skills required.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
We are looking for someone who is excited about the prospect of building a career in using data to drive business performance. This role isn’t just sifting through numbers but rather asking the ‘so what’, to help teams push forward, making positive change to drive and protect sales, profit, and ways of working. The FP&A Analyst supports financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis to help drive informed business decisions. The role is responsible for producing accurate budgets, forecasts, and management reports, analysing financial performance and key business drivers, and partnering with stakeholders to provide clear, actionable insights. The FP&A Analyst plays a key role in improving financial visibility, supporting strategic initiatives, and enhancing financial processes and controls. With so many inspiring and passionate members of the Abel Cole family, the successful candidate must have the ability to build effective relationships across the business.
What you’ll be getting up to:
- Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Prepare and maintain annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial plans
- Analyse variances vs. budget, forecast, and prior periods
- Build and maintain financial models to support planning and scenario analysis
- Management Reporting & Analysis
- Produce monthly management reports, dashboards, and KPIs
- Provide insightful commentary on financial performance and key business drivers
- Analyse revenue, costs, margins, headcount, and cash flow trends
- Business Partnering
- Strong business partnering capability across commercial, marketing, operational, finance, and data teams
- Comfortable working cross-functionally in different capacities — leading initiatives, building solutions, or contributing to broader projects
- Translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders
- Support investment cases, pricing decisions, and strategic initiatives
- Data Systems
- Experience analysing data from large, structured business systems (e.g. SAP, NetSuite, D365, Salesforce)
- Ability to design or build analytical tools and models that feed into business systems and forecasting platforms
- Maintain and improve financial models, reports, and planning tools
- Ensure data accuracy and consistency across systems
- Support automation and process improvements within FP&A
- Ad Hoc Strategic Support
- Support board or senior leadership presentations
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis as required
- Assist with business cases and strategic projects
What we are looking for:
- Technical Skills
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, and deliver transformational improvements to business processes and commercial performance
- Experience of conducting analyses using the outputs of large structured systems (e.g., SAP, NetSuite, D365, Salesforce) and/or experience of designing analytical tools which can provide inputs to such systems and forecasting tools
- Strong financial modelling and analytical skills
- Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, formulas)
- Understanding of P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Soft Skills
- Strong commercial acumen and business mindset
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail with the ability to see the “big picture”
Qualifications Experience
- 2–4+ years of experience in FP&A, finance, consulting, audit, or any other transferrable analytical discipline
- No formal accounting qualification required, but also open to qualified or part-qualified accountants
- Study support is available for anyone looking to undertake an accountancy qualification with us
What we offer
- To undertake the role full time: Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours per week (flexible timings)
- To undertake the role part time: 28.0-37.5 hours per week (days and times by mutual agreement)
- 33 days inclusive of bank holidays (FTE Pro-rata)
- A free box of fruit and veg every week (it’s pretty delicious!) alongside company discount of up to 35%
- Cycle to Work Scheme. Grants for sport, performing arts, education and non-vocational courses.
- Contributory pension scheme
Financial Planning Analyst employer: Abel & Cole
At Abel Cole, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture. As a Financial Planning Analyst, you will not only have the opportunity to drive meaningful business performance through data analysis but also benefit from flexible working hours, generous leave, and unique perks like a weekly box of fresh produce. We are committed to your professional growth, offering study support for accountancy qualifications and various grants for personal development, ensuring you thrive in your career with us.
