_{30th January, 2025}

This Financial Planning & Reporting Analyst position is a key role within our Commercial Finance department. Managing the FP&A activities for R&D, Supply Chain and other support functions, you will be responsible for month end reporting and providing decision making support to these key functions.

Always ensuring that there are high degrees of data integrity and timely reporting, you will business partner with department managers and support the Financial Controller in terms of business performance management and business process governance. Providing the right information to the right people in a consumable format in a timely manner will be a key feature, along with playing a key role in the continuous improvement across the Finance Team through process and tools optimisation. 
  
Main duties:  

• Providing financial and business partnering support for R&D, Operations and support functions.
• Provide financial insight into the performance of the R&D function, through the provision of key performance reports, working with the PMO and the R&D Management.
• Managing the budgeting and forecasting process for your respective areas of responsibility.
• Managing Capex budgeting and forecasting process
• Variance analysis of key financial statements.
• Providing insights on the financial health of the organisation.
• Looking for cost-reduction opportunities.
• Assisting with cost model maintenance and return on investment calculation for the R&D department.
• OPEX analysis and business partnering with other departments.
• Weekly, monthly and annual reporting duties.
• Contribute towards the monthly finance reporting.
• The on-going development of and maintenance of the BI tool, and its application within both the Finance team and the wider business.
• Data quality and improvement projects across the Finance group.
• Provide ad-hoc analysing to the Senior Management Team as and when needed

• Fully qualified CIMA/ACCA accountant
• 3-5 years of post-qualified experience

• CIMA Qualified
• Change or Project Management qualifications

• Proven experience as a Finance Analyst or working within an FPA function
• Knowledge of reporting standards and management accounting techniques.
• Experience working in a technology related business within a finance function
• Capable of working and supporting senior management
• Experience working as a business partner across multiple departments.
• Exceptional in use of Excel modelling.
• Detailed ERP system knowledge/experience – e.g. MS D365, Oracle, SAP etc

• Understanding and experience of complex financial models
• Financial planning and analysis across a global organisation
• Knowledge of R&D Tax
• Knowledge of IAS 38 Intangible Assets

• Comfortable working outside of Finance team across the business, dealing with individuals at all levels and disciplines.
• Restless curiosity in what is happening within the business and how it might help our understanding.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with clarity and openness.
• Capable of managing multiple demands on a varied workload, in a changing business environment.
• Able to challenge the status quo where there is a lack of logic.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and evaluative skills.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• High level of accuracy and eye to detail.

• Enthusiastic and approachable personality