Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

The FP&A Analyst is a broad, high-impact role sitting at the intersection of Finance and Merchandising within a fast-growing, multi-channel consumer business.

The role owns financial planning and reporting while also taking hands-on responsibility for stock planning across channels. It is a newly created position, offering significant scope for the successful candidate to shape processes, improve reporting, and influence decision-making across the business.

The organisation is actively embracing AI and modern finance tools, and is looking for someone who shares that mindset and can help drive smarter, more efficient ways of working.

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Produce timely reporting with clear commercial insight
• Build and maintain financial models to support decision‑making
• Analyse performance across wholesale, direct to consumer (DTC), and ecommerce channels
• Support margin analysis, pricing architecture, and cost reviews
• Drive process improvement and reporting automation

• Support seasonal exit strategies for terminal stock via DTC
• Identify slow‑moving stock suitable for promotional activity
• Ensure stock is accurately reflected and live with integration partners

• Manage stock availability including hold orders, ring fenced stock, and virtual warehouses, ensuring clear communication across departments
• Track and report on stock movement in and out of the business, working closely with sourcing, operations, and sales teams to ensure optimal stock placement
• Produce regular reporting on slow-moving, aged, and best-selling stock to support DTC performance and trading decisions
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, non-corporate, and evolving environment
• Self-starter with a strong desire to make an impact
• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills with advanced Excel capability
• Clear communicator with the ability to translate data into actionable commercial insight
• Proactive approach to improving processes and ways of working
• Enthusiastic about using AI as part of a modern finance toolkit
• Wholesale or retail experience is desirable