FP&A Analyst

About The Role

Reporting to the Finance Director, this role will be based in our London office.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Finance Analyst to join our retail business. The Finance Analyst will play a critical role in financial planning, budgeting, and analysis to support strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong financial modelling skills, experience in the retail sector, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

As a Finance Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial efficiency and supporting business growth. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with the Finance Director around budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Managing the financial model to maintain alignment with business purpose and rolling performance.
• Oversee the company's BI tools, ensuring data integrity and continually improving the platform to provide real-time visibility into performance against key and evolving KPIs.
• Be an integral part of the month-end team, led by the Finance Manager, assisting in the timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting.
• Support the preparation of reconciliations, provisions and accruals to facilitate a smooth month-end close.
• Review and validate the segmentation and categorisation of transactions in the ERP to deliver accurate cost-centre analysis.
• Partnering with the Finance Manager to streamline BAU and month-end processes, driving efficiency while maintaining and integrity.
• Identification of key cashflow drivers and trends, including a monthly analysis of direct cashflow vs budget and investigating any deviations against expectation.
• Work closely with the tech team to safeguard data integrity within the company’s tech architecture, ensuring seamless data flow and accuracy across all platforms.
• Supporting the Commercial team to understand weekly and monthly trends in performance, particularly around Channel/Customer/Product Mix. Key to this will be ensuring that our BI software contains up-to-date data and with charts that can be readily understood.
• Regularly meet with key budget owners across the business to ensure they have full visibility of their spend against budget.
• Partner with the marketing team to assess the financial impact of promotions and strategic initiatives, ensuring data-driven decision-making.
• Monitor manufacturing efficiencies and provide analysis of impact on profit margins.
• Ensure data compliance with financial regulations and internal controls.

Experience:

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience in financial analysis, preferably in the e-commerce & retail sector.
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and data visualisation tools (e.g., Lightdash or Looker (preferred), Power BI, Tableau).
• SQL skills will be very advantageous.
• Experience working with cloud based data systems such as Snowflake, RudderStack, DBT would also be favourably considered.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and financial reporting software.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial regulations.

Qualities

We value diverse perspectives and skills. To thrive in this role, candidates should possess:

• Kind, fun and personable.
• Curious in nature with a desire to dig deep into data, uncover trends, and ask insightful questions.
• Comfortable with complexity and with working in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Excited about building confidence within the [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] family around all things data by facilitating proactive and collaborative communication.
• A warm and articulate communicator with the ability to simplify and translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
• A commitment to ethical financial analysis and transparency in reporting.
• Passion for data, numbers and attention to detail.
• An enthusiastic team player who can work effectively with others but also take ownership of tasks and work autonomously.

- Competitive salary and share option grants

- A generous Annual Leave allowance: 26 days per year, a day off for your birthday and extra time off at the end of the year

- Health Insurance through Vitality

- Flexible Working - own your working hours

- Hybrid Working - office days are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

- £300 allowance for [Employer hidden] products

- Private pension scheme

- Generous Primary and Secondary Caregiver Leave allowances

- Monthly Deep Dive sessions from your fellow teammates; these sessions aim to get the wider company up to speed on a particular project or topic

- The [Employer hidden] Impact Award, a monthly team-led initiative, recognises individuals for their hard work and amazing attitudes

- Lots of amazing opportunities to get to know other members of the team at different team events and to have an impact on our culture through our [Employer hidden] Belonging Group and beyond

- Contribute to building a culture where well being is part of how we do things & not just a bonus, and first-hand experience of being part of, and growing with, a fast-moving and ambitious company

- You are hopefully reading this and thinking I can't wait to be part of the team that makes this even better as the company grows ;)

[Employer hidden] is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our applicants. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email us at [contact hidden]

As this role is based in London UK, candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK. Candidates without these rights will not be considered.