FP&A Analyst

MacKenzie King are supporting a large, ambitious local business, based in Ipswich, to recruit an FP&A Analyst to join their growing team. As an FP&A Analyst you will provide FP&A finance support to the accounting teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a timely manner.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Liaising with senior management, heads of departments and other key leadership figures.
• Preparing financial and strategic plans for individual departments and the wider organisation.
• Updating annual budgets and forecasts for different business units and consolidating into one master budget.
• Analysing past financial performance, preparing competitor analysis, and examining market trends along with commentary for management.
• Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made.
• Creating financial models to predict growth and forecast performance.
• Analysing previous budgets and forecasts and performing variance analysis to explain discrepancies; proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluating new and existing projects, investments, and assets to determine their validity and appraise their value.
• Preparing sales commission and bonus reports.
• Ad-hoc business performance reporting.

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Full / Part qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA); Qualified by experience will be considered
• Experience developing financial reports and metrics
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
• Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organisation