Senior FP&A Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst

Department: Finance & Business Planning
Location: London, Farringdon (Hyrbid working, 6 days per month onsite)
Type: Full-time, Permanent

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior FP&A Analyst to help build and lead a modern planning and analysis capability within our Finance & Business Planning function. This is a key role in an agile technology business where Finance has recently merged with Business Planning and Procurement, creating a strong foundation for better forecasting, insight and decision making.

This role will act as the connector between Finance and the wider business combining strong financial rigour with business & commercial understanding. You will be responsible for owning forecasting, performance analysis and operational reporting, whilst partnering closely with project, engineering and supporting teams to provide insight and challenge.

You will also manage a Business Planning Analyst and together form the team responsible for driving data-led performance management across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Own quarterly forecasting and planning cycles across revenue, direct and indirect spend.

• Develop financial models that link operational activity to financial outcomes.

• Deliver variance analysis and performance commentary for senior leadership monthly

• Trend analysis, scenario modelling and forecasting of business performance.

Reporting & Insights

• Produce quarterly management reporting packs covering financial and operational performance.

• Deliver clear and actionable insight on spend trends, project margins and team utilisation.

• Improve reporting processes, consistency and accuracy across Finance & Business Planning.

• Design dashboards and reporting frameworks to improve decision making.

• Identify & report on relevant business KPIs.

Business Partnering

• Serve as the key FP&A partner to leadership, project management, and supporting functions.

• Build strong relationships across the business and understand drivers of performance.

• Challenge assumptions and support decisions with clear financial and operational insight.

• Partner with sales and project management to improve forecasting accuracy and planning discipline.

• Support sales with accurate and well governed customer invoicing

Operational Governance

• Own operational performance tracking including timesheet compliance, project budget submissions and resource onboarding.

• Work with business teams to improve compliance, process and data quality.

Team Leadership

• Manage and develop the Business Planning Analyst.

• Build scalable processes for the FP&A function.

• Establish best practices in planning, analysis and business support.

Experience & Skills

Essential:

• Finance qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

• Proven experience in an FP&A, Commercial Finance or Business Partnering role.

• Strong financial modelling and forecasting capability.

• Confident communicator.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Intermediate to advanced Power BI skills.

• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail.

Desirable:

• Experience managing or mentoring others.

• Experience in professional services or delivery-based organisations.

• Experience implementing or improving planning & reporting frameworks.

Please note, re timelines, due to the Christmas break, we will review applications w/c 5th January with a view to conduct interviews in the first two/three weeks of January.