Within Preqin's finance team of approximately 30 individuals, including 11 in the FP&A function, this role reports to the Head of Planning and Reporting. The primary responsibility involves delivering high-quality management reporting, focusing on revenue trends, cash flow analysis, balance sheet forecasting, and contributing to the group's budgeting processes. Collaborating closely with the Head of Planning and Reporting, the role aims to enhance reporting content for strategic decision-making across the organization. As part of the core reporting team, direct interaction with the CFO, Exco members, and other business units is expected.
Department
Finance
Employment Type
Permanent - Full Time
Location
London
Workplace type
Hybrid
What you’ll be doing:
Revenue Analysis
* Analyse main movements in Billing and in the Book of Business across Sales regions
* Develop deep knowledge of pricing structure and components that build up each SKU/ billed item
* Prepare the Monthly Sales Report – breaking out key performance indicators by Sales Team (providing commentary around trends, variances to target (Month and YTD)
* Perform trend analysis LTM, YTD of retention rates, New Business, market penetration
* Ad hoc analysis for inclusion in quarterly Board reports
* Cashflow/ Balance Sheet reporting and forecasting
* Analyse, write commentary for all month-on-month movements in the Balance Sheet
* Prepare cash flow statement for the month analysing key movements in Working Capital accounts and ensuring all non-operating cashflow items are correctly classified
* Update monthly rolling cashflow/ balance sheet forecast model
* Work with other team members on the 13-week operational cashflow forecast (ensuring consistency of forecasting)
Reporting
* Assist the Head of Planning & Reporting in compiling the following key reports:
* Management accounts (monthly)
* Lender packs (monthly)
* Board updates (quarterly)
Budgeting and Forecasting
* Work with the Head of Planning & Reporting to manage the various budgeting cycles, partnering with key stakeholders from across the group to ensure we meet planning deadlines
* Build and maintain planning models in Workday Adaptive
* Improve on top line forecasting accuracy
What you’ll bring to us:
* Newly qualified with 1-2 years of post-qualified experience (preferably in an FP&A role)
* Sound fundamentals, understanding the interaction between the 3 primary statements with demonstrable knowledge of building forecast models
* Ability to understand trends in revenue for subscription-based business with a focus on understanding trends in churn rates, expansion, market penetration
* Ability to work with large datasets (debugging), synthesizing and articulating key messages for the business
* Hands on and capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines, with a goal oriented mindset
* Exposure to financial services, information services industry, or subscriptions business
Why join us?