Financial Planning Analyst

A Financial Planning Analyst is required to join an investment backed start-up based in Exeter.

The role:

To provide FP&A support to the Business across all of its products and services

To provide commercial insight and variance analysis and trend information to key business stakeholders as well as senior management.

As a Financial Planning Analyst, you will be:

• Responsible for the updating and management of the monthly forecasting and budgeting models
• Updating for the monthly actuals, and updating the monthly forecast based on sales pipeline and customer acquisition Projects
• Responsible for ensuring the Margin performance metrics are updated for all revenue related projects and identify opportunities for margin improvements
• Updating on a monthly basis the Operating Costs by Cost Centre and providing detailed variance analysis against budget
• Working with the CFO on all modelling and financial assessment of forecasting data and projected out-turns for both internal and external reporting
• Provide detailed commentary on business performance
• Analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of Revenue, Cost of Sales, expenses and capital expenditure, including both financial and non-Financial KPI's on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analysing causes of unexpected variances
• Assist in the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modelling tools
• Quarterly, Monthly and Weekly financial reports including detailed commentary.
• Assist in the improvement of business performance
• Assist in the development of financial models and analysis support for business initiatives and projects

To be considered for the Financial Planning Analyst role:

• You will be a qualified accountant (or nearing qualification)
• You will have advanced Excel skills.

Benefits:

This position comes with share options and bonus potential.