Position: Finance Analyst - FP&A
Location: Remote
Salary: £38,000 - 45,000
Knovia is a fast-growing group of education and training providers, driven by a mission to deliver impact, growth, and meaningful change through high-quality learning and apprenticeship programmes.
This is a high-visibility FP&A role where you'll go beyond reporting and become a true business partner, working closely with operational and commercial teams to influence performance and strategy.
What makes this role different?
* True business partnering exposure with senior stakeholders
* Involvement in strategic planning, forecasting, and decision-making
* Opportunity to influence commercial and operational performance
* Hands-on experience with financial modelling and scenario analysis
* A chance to improve systems, reporting, and FP&A processes
* Join a growing organisation with clear career progression pathways
If you're an analytically strong finance professional who enjoys turning data into insight and insight into action this role offers the opportunity to shape decision-making across a dynamic, multi-entity organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Forecasting
* Support delivery of group-wide budgeting, forecasting, and planning cycles
* Build and enhance financial models to support strategic decision-making
* Analyse revenue, costs, and margins to ensure accurate forecasting
* Assist in developing annual budgets and long-range plans
* Provide clear variance analysis (actuals vs budget vs forecast)
Financial Reporting & Analysis
* Produce monthly management reports and performance dashboards
* Analyse key financial and operational metrics
* Identify trends, risks, and opportunities, delivering actionable insights
* Support business cases, investment appraisals, and cost optimisation
* Continuously improve reporting accuracy, documentation, and processes
Business Partnering
* Act as a trusted finance partner to operational and commercial teams
* Translate business drivers into financial insights and forecasts
* Provide clear, data-driven recommendations to stakeholders
* Support strategic initiatives through modelling and scenario analysis
* Challenge assumptions and influence better decision-making
Performance Monitoring
* Track KPIs and financial targets across the group
* Deliver monthly performance reporting and variance analysis
* Develop tools to improve financial transparency and visibility
* Collaborate with finance teams to ensure data consistency and alignment
Financial Modelling & Process Improvement
* Build models for investment decisions, pricing, and cost management
* Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis
* Evaluate new projects and strategic initiatives
* Improve financial systems, processes, and data quality
* Support automation and reporting enhancements within FP&A
What success looks like:
* Accurate and insightful forecasting and financial analysis
* Strong relationships with operational and commercial stakeholders
* Improved financial visibility and decision-making across the business
* High-quality models, reporting, and performance insights
* Continuous improvements in FP&A processes and systems
What qualifications, knowledge and experience we need:
* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar
* Progress toward or completion of a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW)
* Experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or management accounting
* Strong financial modelling and advanced Excel skills
* Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes
* Ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights
* Strong understanding of how financial performance links to operations
Experience that would be advantageous includes:
* Experience in a multi-entity or shared services environment
* Exposure to commercial or operational business partnering
* Experience improving reporting processes or financial systems
Skills and abilities we are looking for:
* We're looking for someone who combines analytical strength with commercial awareness:
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Confident presenting financial insights to non-finance audiences
* Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
* Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities
* Proactive, collaborative, and solution-focused mindset
* Ability to challenge assumptions and influence decisions
* Advanced Excel and strong IT skills (MS Office, Teams, etc.)
If you want to see more details of this role, please contact Talent@knovia.co.uk to request a copy of the full job description and person specification.
We are proud to offer a suite of benefits that are handpicked for you:
* 25 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays
* Holiday purchase scheme
* Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
* Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'
* Perkbox - a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tool
Knovia is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.