Senior Analyst - FP&A
Job Description
The Senior FP&A Analyst plays a critical role in driving financial performance, transparency, and decision support across the Services function. The role partners closely with Operations, Commercial Finance, and Group Finance to manage monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis across Finance Operations. The scope focuses on understanding and optimizing cost drivers and unit economics for each P&L function head. This position contributes to operational excellence by delivering deep dives on the functional cost structure and cost per unit, while supporting strategic projects, automation initiatives, and capital investment cases.
What you'll need to succeed
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Economics
- 4+ years of experience in FP&A, Operations Finance or Retail Finance
- Strong exposure to budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close processes
- Experience analyzing operational cost drivers and unit economics preferred
- Ability to translate data into financial insights
- Background in Retail and Supply Chain is a plus
- Advanced Excel and strong financial modelling; experience with ERP systems, BI tools (Power BI) would be a plus
- Strong understanding of fixed vs. variable cost structure, rate cards, and volume-driven cost models
Responsibilities Duties:
- Planning, budgeting & forecasting:
Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for the Services Operations function.
Translate operational volumes and activity drivers into financial forecasts aligned with agreed rate cards.
Support scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling for volume, network, and cost changes. - Monthly closing & performance reporting:
Own the monthly close process, ensuring accurate P&L and balance sheet reporting.
Manage balance sheet and cashflow reporting, including working capital, Capex, EBITDA.
Prepare monthly performance packs and KPI dashboards for functional leadership.
Ensure alignment between operational KPIs and financial outcomes. - Cost analysis & unit economics:
Conduct deep-dive analyses on key cost drivers.
Identify efficiency opportunities, structural cost issues, and scale benefits. - Investment cases & projects:
Build financial models covering ROI, payback, NPV, and IRR.
Partner with functional leaders on productivity, automation, and optimization projects. - Stakeholder partnership & business partnering:
Act as the primary finance business partner to the function leader.
Translate complex financial data into actionable insights.
Partner with Commercial Finance teams to explain rate cards and volume-driven charges. - Data management, governance & continuous improvement:
Ensure adherence to Group FP&A standards, reporting frameworks, and controls.
Improve reporting tools, standardization, and adopt dashboard automation.