FP&A Analyst – Python, Data Modelling, Coding

Overview

Synthesising and simplifying financial and non-financial data; supporting impactful pieces of analysis that drive finance and wider business insights; contributing to ad hoc requests from leadership; assisting FP&A in developing reporting to monitor performance against targets and to support review of outlooks (forecasts) and budgets; ensuring all month end activity is completed accurately and in a timely manner; streamlining processes by finding automation wins or easier ways of doing things;

driving forward process enhancement-related activities for the benefit of the department; working with team members to contribute to monthly financials review (MFR) meetings, Annual Budgets, and/or other reporting requirements.

• Synthesising and simplifying financial and non-financial data
• Supporting impactful pieces of analysis that drive finance and wider business insights
• Contributing to ad hoc requests from leadership
• Assisting FP&A in developing reporting to facilitate monitoring and communication of performance against targets or to support review of outlooks (forecasts) and budgets
• Ensure all month end activity is completed in an accurate and timely manner
• Streamlining processes by finding automation wins or easier ways of doing things
• Driving forward process enhancement-related activities for the benefit of the department
• Working with team members to contribute to monthly financials review (MFR) meetings, Annual Budgets, and/or other reporting requirements

• Strong analytical skills e.g. overall story, accuracy, spotting errors and asking the right questions
• Strong technical skills (e.g. familiarity with python, sql, some coding language experience etc) a major plus
• Functional knowledge of accounting principles (e.g. P&L, budgets & forecasting, month end processes etc)
• Communication - within and outside Finance. Tailoring written and verbal comms as appropriate
• Relationship building and stakeholder management with teams internal and external to Finance
• Ability to coordinate a complex set of inputs with different drivers, timelines and priorities and bring it together in a story
• Continuous improvement and change-agility mindset