FP&A Senior Analyst

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly capable FP&A Senior Analyst to join a newly structured Commercial Finance function within a major UK organisation undergoing strategic transformation.

This role sits at the heart of the finance function, supporting enterprise-wide planning, performance management, and executive-level reporting. The successful candidate will play a critical role in delivering high-quality financial insight, corporate reporting, and strategic performance materials for senior leadership, executive committees, and board-level governance.

You will work closely with finance business partners, insight/analytics teams, people/HR teams, and corporate functions to ensure consistent, accurate, and high-impact reporting that supports strategic decision-making at the highest level of the organisation.

This is a unique opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who thrives in high-profile, high-impact environments and enjoys working directly with senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Executive & Board Reporting

• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, and briefing materials for executive leadership and board-level meetings

• Coordinate finance inputs into board, audit, and remuneration committee materials

• Prepare briefing notes and Q&A documents for senior leadership presentations

• Own and manage the finance agenda for executive committee meetings

• Support annual reporting processes and executive communications

• Lead coordination of monthly performance reporting packs across the business

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year planning cycles

• Contribute to financial planning documentation and strategic forecasts

Management Information & Reporting

• Streamline and standardise KPI reporting across the organisation

• Build automated, consistent, and scalable management information frameworks

• Develop self-service dashboards and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI)

• Design and manage headcount and workforce planning models

• Ensure a single source of truth for financial and performance data

• Champion automation and reporting standardisation across finance

Performance & Strategy Support

• Coordinate quarterly business review processes

• Support performance reporting across key operational and commercial functions

• Align reporting frameworks with corporate strategy and performance objectives

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong written communication and presentation skills

• Experience producing reports and documents for senior leadership

• Ability to simplify complex information and communicate clearly

• Excellent attention to detail and presentation standards

• Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

• Strong financial analysis and modelling capability

• Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI)

• Ability to work at pace in a fast-moving environment

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills

• High professional standards, integrity, and credibility

• Self-starter with ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure

• Qualified accountant (preferred but not essential)

• Experience in investor relations or executive-level reporting (desirable)

What This Role Offers

• Exposure to executive leadership and board-level decision-making

• Strategic influence across corporate performance and planning

• High-profile role within a central finance function

• Opportunity to shape reporting frameworks and performance structures

• Career progression within a complex, high-impact organisation