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FP&A Analyst, Bolton, Greater Manchester
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Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Other
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Posted:
04.06.2025
Expiry Date:
19.07.2025
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Job Description:
MacKenzie King is excited to be recruiting an FP&A Analyst on a 15-month contract for a well-established business in Bolton. As an FP&A Analyst, you will deliver financial analysis and insight across the business. This role supports strategic decision-making through analysis, forecasting, and reporting, enabling a deep understanding of financial performance.
Key responsibilities
* Provide financial performance insight through detailed analysis of monthly revenue and gross margin performance, including identification of trends and key drivers for variances to targets, historic results, and underlying data.
* Prepare and deliver weekly flash reports, providing clear, timely financial updates that highlight key metrics, variances, and performance drivers to support quick, informed decision-making.
* Perform ad-hoc scenario modelling and provide information for the Head of Finance and Finance Director.
* Develop solutions to enable streamlined investigation, analysis, and forecasting activities, including the implementation of new detailed client and discipline level reporting and analysis tools from data sources.
* Drive improvements in reporting capabilities through development and optimization of tools like Prophix and Power BI, and identify opportunities to automate reporting processes and improve financial workflows, ensuring timely and accurate insights.
* Assist in setting the revenue and gross margin annual budgets in collaboration with the Commercial team.
* Reforecast financial results with explanations and justifications for movements against previous forecasts and budgets, providing recommendations for mitigating actions.
* Support management accounts team with business partnering activities by providing financial insight and challenge to support operational and strategic decisions.
* Support the annual audit process with relevant forecasts and impairment reviews.
* Collaborate with the Head of Finance to understand underlying accounting processes and operating data, driving improvements for robust and accurate financial results.
Skills & Experience
* Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
* Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning.
* Experience in implementing new financial systems is desirable.
* Strong working knowledge of Excel.
* ACA/ACCA/CIMA part-qualified or qualified; qualified by experience will also be considered.
To find out more about this opportunity, please contact Ted at MacKenzie King.
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