FP&A Analyst
Job Reference: 887557
Colchester
£40,000 - £45,000 per annum
Hybrid Working
MacKenzie King are excited to be recruiting an FP&A Analyst on a 12-month contract, for a well-established business in Colchester. As an FP&A Analyst you will deliver financial analysis and insight across the business. This role will support strategic decision-making through analysis, forecasting, and reporting, enabling a deep understanding of financial performance.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Provide financial performance insight through detailed analysis of monthly revenue and gross margin performance, including identification of trends and key drivers for variances to targets, historic results, and underlying data
- Prepare and deliver the weekly flash report, providing clear, timely financial updates that highlight key metrics, variances, and performance drivers to support quick, informed decision-making
- Ad-hoc scenario modelling & provision of information for Head of Finance and Finance Director
- Develop solutions to enable streamlined investigation, analysis, and forecasting activity to include implementation of new detailed client and discipline level reporting and analysis tools from data
- Drive improvements in reporting capabilities through development and optimization of tools like and PowerBI and identify opportunities to automate reporting processes and improve financial workflows, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of insights
- Setting of the revenue and gross margin annual budgets in collaboration with the Commercial team
- Reforecasting of financial results with explanation and justification for movements against previous forecasts and the annual budget, providing recommendations for mitigating actions
- Supporting management accounts team with business partnering activity by providing financial insight and challenge to support operational and strategic decisions
- Support the annual audit process with provision of the relevant forecasts and impairment reviews
- Collaborate with the Head of Finance to ensure deep understanding of underlying accounting processes and operating data within the team, driving improvement to deliver robust and accurate financial results
Qualifications and experience
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning
- Experience in implementing new financial systems is desirable
- Strong working knowledge of excel
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA part-qualified or qualified, qualified by experience will also be considered.
Benefits
- Retail cashback, discounts, and cycle to work/electric car schemes.
- Remote working options to encourage a healthy work-life balance.
- Be part of an open, inclusive and supportive culture, championing diversity and flexibility.
- 25 days holiday (increasing after two years), plus bank holidays (& your birthday off!).
- Life insurance and personal accident cover.
- Enhanced parental leave, adoption, and paternity pay.
- Health Cash Plan, Wellbeing support, confidential helpline, and counselling services.
If you would like to talk to a consultant about this role, contact:
Ted Smith
“A fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role within a friendly finance team.”
Ted Smith