Interim FP&A Analyst in Maldon
Posted by Pure Resourcing Solutions Limited
£55,000 – £60,000 a year
Maldon · Contract
As part of the FP&A team, the Interim FP&A Analyst will play a key role in supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and performance reporting, whilst helping to deliver the implementation of a new FP&A platform. Working closely with the Head of FP&A and partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, Operations and Supply Chain, you will provide robust analysis, improve reporting capability and help drive informed business decision-making.
This is an excellent opportunity for an analytically minded finance professional looking to join a highly respected brand during a period of transformation and investment. Success in the role will come from delivering accurate, actionable insight, improving planning processes and supporting the business through a key systems implementation project.
What You'll Be Doing
- Supporting the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes across the business.
- Building and maintaining financial models covering sales, volume, pricing, margin, operating costs and cash flow.
- Producing insightful variance analysis, identifying performance drivers, risks and opportunities.
- Delivering decision-ready reporting and meaningful commentary to support management and executive decision-making.
- Supporting the implementation of a new FP&A platform, including data preparation, validation, testing and reconciliation activities.
- Collaborating with Finance, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and BI teams to improve forecasting accuracy and data integrity.
- Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, controls and FP&A processes through greater standardisation and automation.
- Supporting ad hoc analysis and business projects to help drive commercial and operational performance.
What They're Looking For
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant, or an accountant qualified by experience, with strong FP&A or commercial finance experience.
- Previous experience in FP&A, management accounting, financial analysis or business partnering roles.
- Strong experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, reporting and financial modelling activities.
- Advanced Excel skills with the ability to work confidently with large and complex datasets.
- Strong analytical capability and the ability to translate data into clear business insight.
- Experience supporting finance transformation initiatives, systems implementations or process improvement projects would be beneficial.
- Exposure to planning and reporting tools such as Vena, Power BI or similar would be advantageous.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships and work effectively across both finance and non-finance teams.
- A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to quickly add value within an interim assignment.
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