FP&A Analyst in Birmingham

This role profile is a guide to the work you will initially be required to undertake. It may be changed from time to time to incorporate changing circumstances. It does not form part of your contract of employment.

Overall Purpose of the Role: An exciting and high-profile role facilitating enhanced decision making by providing insight to key stakeholders across the sub-sectors, delivering high quality analytics and robust financial data to facilitate the company’s strategic, long-term and short-term objectives. There will be a keen focus on continuous process improvements, leveraging Power BI tools to produce value-added analytics and providing high quality reporting with added insight.

Key Accountabilities:

• Commercial Support:

• Perform month-end related tasks including journal posting, reporting, and balance sheet reviews.
• Facilitate reporting, assessment and communication of financial results to key stakeholders.
• Support financial planning cycle.
• Develop strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across the sub-sectors.
• Understand and highlight financial risks and opportunities arising from ongoing business performance.
• Support audit process and liaise with Financial Risk & Control team.

• Month end journals preparation and review.
• Preparation and review of annual budgeting and reforecasting processes.
• Support production of the suite of monthly reports to the senior management to provide enhanced analysis of the business performance.
• Facilitate preparation of Compass One monthly business review pack.
• Promote working capital improvements through value added analysis and reporting.
• Balance sheet reviews and compliance with Group Accounting Manual, maintaining a full and up to date understanding of SAP, escalating key risks/opportunities to senior stakeholders.
• Implement ongoing improvements to planning and analysis processes to deliver faster and more accurate insights to the business.
• Drive automation of reporting processes by embedding Power BI tools.
• Deliver proactive ad-hoc financial analysis to support business decision making.

Candidate Requirements:

• Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Essential:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with varied experience in accounting roles/FP&A.
• Experience of business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels.
• High numeric and analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable developing and working with complex spreadsheets.
• Track record of preparing financial analysis/presentations to the senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate verbal and written information concisely and logically.
• Ability to analyse, evaluate and present information in a clear and impactful way.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to influence internal and external parties.

• Experience of operating within a multi-sector organization.
• Good working knowledge of SAP and Power BI.

Leadership behaviours:

• Communication – ability to manage, develop and lead peers.
• Can Do – Finds new/quicker ways of meeting goals, shows conviction in own judgement and decisions, responds quickly under pressure, and overcomes hurdles to achieve targets. Solutions orientated when facing problems.
• Passion for Quality – Sets demanding performance expectations, sets priorities to maximise benefits, tracks the commercial implications of a situation in a step-by-step way.
• Win through Teamwork – Pursues friendly relationships with colleagues and clients, interacts with colleagues across the organisation and shares own knowledge and insight and displays a high level of energy and commitment to the role and organisation.
• Embrace Diversity – Listens to others and values their contributions, receptive to new and builds on ideas and acts in an ethical and socially responsible manner.