The role will be expected to support the FP&A team in providing reliable, timely and value-add analysis in respect of the regular reporting and planning cycles as well as ad-hoc analysis on new initiatives. At the same time, the role will drive a deeper understanding of the FP&A Team, helping to explain and analyse performance as well as identification of risks and opportunities. This will include a greater focus of key performance drivers, such as Pipeline, Client Revenue and Profitability & Headcount

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Main Responsibilities

Regular routine activities Co-ordinate and communicate all FP&A requirements to the Service Line Teams ensuring timely submissions and support as necessaryManaging Budgeting, Forecasting and Actual Month End both P&L and NWC and performing variance analysis, trending analysis and share business narratives including visualisations Follow-up with the Service Lines to ensure any actions are followed up and implementedReview and analyse Pipeline trends, identifying risks or opportunities, with reference to SalesforceReview and analyse Headcount trends, identifying risks or opportunities and driving alignment to WorkdayEnsure changes to FP&A requirements are fully understood and adopted by the Service LinesSupport UK&I FP&A and Commercial Finance team in preparation of analysis and presentation material, including extracting and analysing data in response to any ad-hoc analysisSupport the external audit process in providing analysis on the FP&A Team

Development & improvement activities Managing SQL database and working towards streamlining and making the data collection process more efficientManaging & building PowerBI dashboards; exploring opportunities to create further value add reviewsDrive user usage of SAC, across the Service Lines and target go to resource for core financial analysisExploring and driving improvements in data automation and analysis through use of AI or other tech led solutions for efficiencyLink into Client Profitability project to improve accuracy of underlying data and utilise outputs to identify opportunities

Professional Skills

MBA/ Finance graduate with 6-9 years in Reporting and FP&A

Experience of BI, Planning & Consolidation Systems

Experience with SQL for querying and managing financial models, reports, and dashboards using Power BI, SQL, and Excel large financial datasets; ability to integrate data sources for enhanced reporting

Proficiency in Power BI, including DAX and data modeling, for building interactive dashboards and financial reports

Demonstrable experience of informed review and analysis of results and forecasts

Ability to clearly present work and analysis

Problem-solving and analytical mindset

Proactive approach and able to show initiative

Excellent communication skills, confident with working across functions and levels

Able to rapidly adapt to changing UK&I environment as well as wider Group landscape and requirements

Advanced Excel and Modelling skills

Senior Analyst - Planning and Reporting

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