FP&A Analyst

Mater Private Network is looking for a FP&A Analyst wo will engage in and support a wide range of functions including the development of financial models and budgets; preparation of current financial reports and summaries, creating forecasts and predicting future growth

An integral member of the Mater Private Network finance team, the FP&A Analyst plays a central role in supporting the annual operating budget and multi-year business plans (long term plan), as well as preparing and reporting on the monthly cost reporting packs. 

Duties & responsibilities

General

• Meaningful and insightful variance analysis and commentary.
• Support multi-year budgets (long term plan) that advances our priorities and has intended impact.
• Support development of alternative scenarios and options to support the executive team in planning for growth and profitability.
• Seek every opportunity to reinforce the culture of margin optimisation across the organisation.
• Support development and maintenance of robust and agile budgeting and forecasting systems, tailored to meet the varied needs of the business.
• Offer advice and guidance to business managers in the development of business plans to achieve specific objectives consistent with the Mater Private Network’s strategic objectives.
• Support timely and accurate development of budgets, financial reports, and models that will assist the Head of FP&A, finance director, CFO and other stakeholders in making informed decisions.
• Support preparation of both industry and peer group benchmark comparisons.

Financial Management

• Provide financial analysis and decision-making support for the Head of FP&A, finance director, the executive team and project leads, the Mater Private Network board of directors and the finance committees. 
• Put complex data, current, past and predicted in perspective & help the various stakeholders to make sound financial decisions. 
• Monitoring of financial and non-financial KPI for the performance of the company.
• Business partnering with the centre heads, addressing senior management requests and supporting Departments heads with in-depth analysis and business case preparations. 
• Deep-dive analysis on topics where performance initiatives / opportunities have been identified.
• Provision of timely and accurate information on financial performance to support executive and operational decision making. 
• Monitor, analyse and report on individual unit KPIs including costs, profitability, and investment returns.
• Analyse business performance at market segment and individual customer level where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols.  

Skills & qualifications 

Experience

• Minimum three years of successful experience as FP&A analyst/finance business partnering or similar in businesses of sufficient scale and complexity.
• Advanced financial modelling and excel skills essential.
• Ability to influence others and work across organisation to deliver financial budgets and reporting with appropriate market insights and commercial analytics.
• Ability to distil lots of facts and insights into a story and an effective creator of financial presentations.
• Successful experience in driving performance improvement initiatives.

Education

• Degree in accounting, or finance required.
• Qualified accountant with recognised accounting body (ACA, ACCA, CIMA.

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