Job Description
Reporting to the Senior Group FP&A Manager, the role of Group Junior FP&A Analyst will be to assist with the day-to-day running of group-wide planning & reporting processes. You'll also provide financial insight across the group to support strategic decision making. There will also be a focus on continuing the development / build of financial planning & reporting processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and enhanced controls.
What will you be doing?
* Assisting with the coordination of the overall planning processes, timelines, stakeholder engagement, the key inputs and outputs from the local teams and segment finance teams.
* Consolidation of group numbers, being able to identify issues and challenge submissions
* Liaise and build collaborative relationships with segment finance teams across the Group
* Working closely with the Finance teams across Arrow to coordinate and support the planning process.
* stakeholder management and communication skills to establish excellent relationships with stakeholders across the business
* Running & maintaining group models, entering and ensuring consistency and appropriateness of assumptions
* Preparing inputs for presentation packs to the Exec committee, including numbers, analysis, insight, and commentary
* Support and improve the monthly Group ExCom and Board financial reporting, with a focus on drivers and KPIs
* Producing ad-hoc analysis as required by the team
* Ability to step back and explain trends, movements and identify outliers and issues with the underlying data
Required Skills and Experience:
* Part-Qualified account with good analytical experience and basic understanding of board level reporting
* Eye for detail and accuracy
* Stakeholder engagement and ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and systems to deliver consistent and accurate MI
* Work to tight deadlines and comfortable working under pressure
* Pro-active thinker
* Able to demonstrate problem solving
* Change ready and flexible to meet the needs of the business
* Experience with Anaplan & Power BI preferable, but not essential
Why Arrow Global?
Our Culture and Way of Working
We’re entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and decisive, working together safely and supportively. We trust our colleagues to make the right decisions and are brave enough to acknowledge mistakes and to learn from them. Celebrating success, we reward those who help us to achieve exceptional long- term results.
We’re inclusive and encourage our colleagues to be themselves. Our culture supports the difference that makes each of us unique. We’re open and eager to embrace new ways of working and have a diverse community, enriched by our local identities that works collaboratively to build a unified and dynamic organisation.
We believe that a supported flexible working approach helps us to retain valued colleagues, enhance wellbeing, increase motivation, and encourage a healthy work/life balance. If you’re interviewed, ask about the flexibility involved in this role.