Job Description

My client is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst who will be responsible for the following:

• Coordinate elements of the month end commercial finance deliverables
• Own elements of the management reporting and insight for both the EMEA and International leadership teams. As part of this, preparation of management reporting and insight, liaising with stakeholders to ensure accountability and joint business planning; Preparation and analysis of results against budget/forecast/prior year, discussing variances with stakeholders
• Support month end commentary and preparation of monthly pack, explaining variances against budget/forecast in a timely manner, to facilitate performance understanding by EMEA and International Leadership
• Involved in supporting and reviewing stakeholder G&A, and business partnering to ensure cost control, challenging assumptions made
• Support the development of the annual FP&A calendar, including timing of budget, quarterly forecasting and reporting
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the financial planning records in the planning system (Hyperion)
• Support the EMEA strategy plan consolidation, coordinate with all BU's and own the representational deck
• Play a key role in the system and process improvement projects, by being a subject matter expert for FP&A and ensuring that the new systems meet the needs of the function
• Own elements of the integrity of data and systems (Hyperion) used and own data related projects. Be a key player in our data management strategy
• Support other commercial and operational areas with analysis and insight
• Building presentations

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful candidate will be qualified either ACA, ACCA or CIMA with one to two years working as an FP/A Analyst, have strong analytic, business partnering and excel skills such as macros and be immediately available or on a 1 week notice period. FMCG / Retail experience is highly desirable