Time left to apply End Date: August 6, 2025 (12 days left to apply)
job requisition id R7782
Excited to grow your career?
Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!
About the role
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are now recruiting for an FP&A Analyst to join the team. As part of the FP&A team, within the Commercial Finance Function, the Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst is responsible for supporting HL’s financial forecasting & planning processes, in addition to driving business performance and decision making through the provision of insightful analysis.
Excited to grow your career?
Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!
About the role
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are now recruiting for an FP&A Analyst to join the team. As part of the FP&A team, within the Commercial Finance Function, the Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst is responsible for supporting HL’s financial forecasting & planning processes, in addition to driving business performance and decision making through the provision of insightful analysis.
What you’ll be doing
* Process lead of HL’s financial planning processes; Annual Business Reviews (Budget + 5-year Plan) and quarterly re-forecasts
* Design, communicate and shepherd the business through its planning timetable, co-ordinate business wide stakeholders (finance and non-finance), aggregation of financial inputs, provision of analysis and insights, co-ordinate the review process, and creation of ExCo & Board level outputs
* Undertaking detailed scenario planning and sensitivity analysis, to inform target setting and market guidance
* Competitor analysis vs HL forward projections to proactively identify risks and opportunities
* Creating financial models to support valuation, planning, and forecasting to predict future performance
* Analyse past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
* Evaluating financial data, examining current events and market developments to identify trends in financial performance to provide recommendations for improvement
* Working alongside business colleagues to produce insightful, timely and well governed operational performance metrics – enabling the business to effectively manage performance
* Cross functional collaboration with the wider finance team to ensure continuous improvement
About you
* Experience from a professional consultancy background or significant commercial experience within a group function in a large complex organisation
* Recently qualified to 3-year PQE
* Demonstrable proficiency in financial modelling techniques. Adaptive Planning & BI experience is desirable but not mandatory
* Strong analytical and data gathering skills
* Proactive, organised and self-sufficient
* Accomplished in forging effective relationships at all levels, skilled at influencing, negotiating and managing challenging conversations with ease
* Solution focused mindset – with the ability to assimilate complex information and develop innovative solutions and resolve complex issues promptly
* Experience with a variety of systems and an aptitude for learning new ones
* Ability to transition between the ‘big picture’ view & detail and synthesize financial & non-financial insights from across the organisation
Interview process
The interview process for this role will be a two-stage interview consisting of competency and technical questions, as well as an assessment.
Working Schedule
The FP&A Analyst role is a Permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Our office is based in Bristol, BS1 5HL. Hybrid working is available where only 2-3 days a week is required in the office.
Salary
The salary for this role is circa £45k - £50k depending on experience.
Why us?
Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
What's on offer?
* Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review
* 25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
* Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday **
* Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
* Enhanced parental leave
* Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
* Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
* Private medical insurance*
* Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient care
* Health screening programme
* Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
* Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness provider s and w ellness c oach sessions
* Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
* Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
* T wo paid volunteering days per year
* dependant on role level
** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.
About Us
Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one platform for private investors. Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence, and today, we are trusted with more than £120 billion by over 1.7 million clients.
We are based in the heart of Bristol now with over 2,000 colleagues. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by our core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
For more information about careers at HL and to see all our vacancies, please visit our careers website .
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