FP&A Analyst

I'm currently recruiting for a Junior, Part Qualified FP&A Analyst to join our client in a permanent position in oxford (hybrid working). You must be actively studying CIMA or ACCA, study support is available and the salary is between £30-34k, for more details please apply

Job details:

As an FP&A Analyst you will perform FP&A activities as determined by team members and produce the output that supports Finance Business Partners and Divisional FDs and broader Finance in their activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Run and develop reports, models and approaches with the support of more senior FP&A team members using analysis and problems solving skills to support projects based on requirements.
• Analyse financial information to ensure that information is accurate, that accounting adjustments are financially sound, investigate anomalies and provide explanations on variances that have occurred against budget. Where errors are found provide information and analysis and to Finance Operations to correct the postings.
• Identify data quality issues and work with the data team and help to resolve the issues, providing analysis and insight.
• Propose improvements to finance activities, processes and procedures and work with the FP&A team to continually improve processes.
• Perform FP&A activities including (but not limited to) reporting, decision support to provide consistent, accurate and timely output and add additional commentary and insights based on specific Divisional business drivers.

They operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate will be someone that is inquisitive, IT Literate with strong excel skills and should be studying or looking to start their professional accountancy studies. In this role you will need to be a creative thinker and problem solver who can be resilient and persistent.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be studying towards accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Have experience of problem solving and analysis techniques to define problems and suggest solutions.
• Have the initiative and ability to successfully implement new ideas and see them through to completion
• Be able to clearly communicate compelling messages - verbal and written
• Commit to continual personal professional development
• Have experience of finance tools such as SAP and Excel, and ideally data modelling/BI tools such as Power Bi.