Group FP&A Analyst

Group FP&A Analyst - Strategy (E-commerce) | London | FMCG / Technology / Retail 

The Group FP&A team is the strategic ‘hub’ of the business, and this is a key role in that team. You’ll be the first point of contact for the Divisional FP&A teams, business partner to the Shared cost centres (HR, Finance, Comms, other G&A), and support the Group Head of FP&A in driving continuous improvements to consistency, and the quality of the information Finance sends out into the business. and working on initiatives to drive added value across the Group. We’re a business that never stands still, and you’ll need to build strong relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

20% Reporting & Analysis

• Point of contact for brand FP&A teams and accounting teams providing guidance on group P&L mapping driving consistency across the Group.
• Co-ordinating mid-year re-forecast process and designing group reporting for this process
• Maintaining consolidating P&L reporting files
• Communicating deadlines and reviewing the information submitted, including monthly performance data and consolidated headcount reporting
• Play a key role in coordinating the budget process, timeline and deliverables

60% Business partnering, budgeting & forecasting

• Finance Business Partner across a significant Shared Cost Centres budget, (HR, Finance, Comms, G&A)
• Proactively analyse and look for opportunities to reduce costs and / or create value, providing ad hoc commercial support to these functions as required
• You’ll report on actual monthly spend and variances to budget and provide commentary on variances at a Group and Brand level to the relevant stakeholders (including the Division FP&A teams, CFO and HR Director)
• Meet monthly to review spend vs budget, to ensure costs are controlled and that you are keeping abreast of risks to budget in the rest of the year
• You’ll work with budget holders to mitigate risks, and ensure these are communicated upward

20% Ad hoc projects & analysis

Experience needed

This would be a great opportunity for someone coming straight from practice who would like to get in to industry or equally someone with 1-2 years industry experience.

• Qualified Accountant
• Experience in Retail, Technology, E-commerce or equivalent sector
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable communicating with both Finance and non-Finance people at all levels within the business
• Ability to work independently – taking ownership of work and proactively managing upwards
• Strong Excel skills
• European languages are beneficial (Spanish, French, German etc)

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