Robert Half Finance and Accounting are currently looking to recruit a Senior FP&A Analyst to join an exciting Retail company experiencing huge growth based in central Bristol. For the right person the client is offering a very competitive:
£65,000 - £75,000 plus 15% bonus, hybrid and generous wider benefits package
Role responsibilities will include but not limited to:
1. Use financial analysis to identify data insights to drive action within the business, making actionable recommendations for senior leaders
2. Complete scenario modelling efforts across a wide range of areas, including benchmarking both internally and versus comp set performance to identify areas of opportunity
3. Defining clear criteria to assess performance of assets using leading and lagging indicators, and, working cross functionally, support the improvement in performance of these assets
4. Scenario modelling for key business stakeholders, to support commercial decision making, aligned to strategic priorities
5. Support the business to assess viability of investments through business case preparation and review across a wide range of areas
6. Through variance and trend analysis, identify forecast gaps and improve accuracy of forecast ongoing, including a continuous feedback loop with Commercial teams
7. Maintain a log of risks and opportunities within the forecast outlook, and support strategic projects to drive incremental revenue upside
8. Partner with BI teams to enhance reporting capability, eg automation of external benchmarking datasets and visualisation of data including through PowerBI
9. Develop dashboards using financial metrics and KPIs to give a clear view of business performance
10. Support the routine reporting requirements of the business through monthly and quarterly cycle
11. Updating key reports required by the business to support strategic decisions (e.g. gross operating profit reporting, return on sale)
Person specification:
12. CIMA/ACCA or ACA qualified
13. Able to build high-quality, accurate financial models which are accessible to all, and be able to analyse a range of information sources to quickly identify the key variables and scenarios that will determine the success of a decision
14. Excellent system and modelling skills (IBM Planning Analytics (TM1), Excel, PowerBI, Business Modelling tools and other related systems)
15. Thrive in working to short and moving deadlines and will be able to manage multiple priorities
16. Have strong partnering skills and be able to influence senior stakeholders, cross-functionally
17. As well as an acumen for numbers and logical problems, you should have good commercial insight and communication skills and with the confidence to challenge others to improve company performance
18. Highly capable, enthusiastic, motivated, with a sharp attention to detail and able to learn new processes, systems, and tasks quickly
For the right person the client is offering a very competitive:
£65,000 - £75,000 plus 15% bonus, hybrid and generous wider benefits package
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