Group Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
- Recruiter
- Equiniti
- Location
- Crawley, Sutherland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 13 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 30 Aug 2022
- Ref
- R7202
- Job role
- Financial planning & analysis
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Part qualified
Group FP&A Analyst
Flexible working with some office presence
Crawley
37.5 hours per week
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Equiniti is a leading provider of technology and solutions for complex and regulated administration and payments. Our technology platforms are used by 70% of the FTSE 100, Government and other large corporates, particularly in banking, insurance and other financial services. We have 1,700 clients, make £160 billion worth of payments through our systems every year, hold records for 70 million shareholders, look after pension schemes for 8 million pension scheme members, and provide services which touch 28 million customers. Over a third of the UK population has dealt with Equiniti at some point during their lives.
Equiniti is a company that has been built with strong values at the very core of our offering. Dealing with some of the most successful companies and government agencies in the UK, excellence, integrity, professionalism, partnership, commercial and innovation are therefore at the heart of everything we do. We employ c.5000 people in the UK, India, Poland and the US.
Business Function
Equiniti Finance is a trusted partner of the business and involved in the decision-making process. The work we do is challenging, analytical and complex which makes each day at work a unique experience.
Our vision in Equiniti Finance is to be a leader in our financial disciplines of reporting, planning and analysis that will lead to improvements in the quality of financial data and decision making.
The Group Finance team includes Group FP&A, systems and Finance Business Partnering for the Group Centre support functions.
The team are responsible for running the Group's financial reporting and planning activities, performing financial analysis and creating insight to drive better financial decision making. The team are finance partners to the Exco leads for the Group Centre support functions with a Budget of c.£200m.
The team is also responsible for the maintenance and development of the Group's financial planning and reporting tool: Adaptive Planning.
The Role
The Group Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be part of the team responsible for managing the Group's reporting and planning function. The role will be at the centre of Equiniti's transformation programme; simplifying and standardising financial information; automating processes; creating best in class finance systems; with a purpose to create insight, help run our business more effectively and to act with speed and agility to enable the organisation to react to ever changing market conditions.
The successful candidate will report into the Group Financial Planning & Analysis Manager and work closely with the Divisional Finance Directors, Finance Business Partners and the Financial Reporting team. Responsibilities will include; supporting the consolidation the Group's financial reporting and planning, preparation of monthly Executive Committee and Board papers and reporting of the Group's cashflow. The candidate will also be expected to provide financial insight and analytics that will drive margin improvement and support the delivery of the key financial performance measures.
Core Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours:
EQ Benefits
Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:
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We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.
Flexible working with some office presence
Crawley
37.5 hours per week
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Equiniti is a leading provider of technology and solutions for complex and regulated administration and payments. Our technology platforms are used by 70% of the FTSE 100, Government and other large corporates, particularly in banking, insurance and other financial services. We have 1,700 clients, make £160 billion worth of payments through our systems every year, hold records for 70 million shareholders, look after pension schemes for 8 million pension scheme members, and provide services which touch 28 million customers. Over a third of the UK population has dealt with Equiniti at some point during their lives.
Equiniti is a company that has been built with strong values at the very core of our offering. Dealing with some of the most successful companies and government agencies in the UK, excellence, integrity, professionalism, partnership, commercial and innovation are therefore at the heart of everything we do. We employ c.5000 people in the UK, India, Poland and the US.
Business Function
Equiniti Finance is a trusted partner of the business and involved in the decision-making process. The work we do is challenging, analytical and complex which makes each day at work a unique experience.
Our vision in Equiniti Finance is to be a leader in our financial disciplines of reporting, planning and analysis that will lead to improvements in the quality of financial data and decision making.
The Group Finance team includes Group FP&A, systems and Finance Business Partnering for the Group Centre support functions.
The team are responsible for running the Group's financial reporting and planning activities, performing financial analysis and creating insight to drive better financial decision making. The team are finance partners to the Exco leads for the Group Centre support functions with a Budget of c.£200m.
The team is also responsible for the maintenance and development of the Group's financial planning and reporting tool: Adaptive Planning.
The Role
The Group Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be part of the team responsible for managing the Group's reporting and planning function. The role will be at the centre of Equiniti's transformation programme; simplifying and standardising financial information; automating processes; creating best in class finance systems; with a purpose to create insight, help run our business more effectively and to act with speed and agility to enable the organisation to react to ever changing market conditions.
The successful candidate will report into the Group Financial Planning & Analysis Manager and work closely with the Divisional Finance Directors, Finance Business Partners and the Financial Reporting team. Responsibilities will include; supporting the consolidation the Group's financial reporting and planning, preparation of monthly Executive Committee and Board papers and reporting of the Group's cashflow. The candidate will also be expected to provide financial insight and analytics that will drive margin improvement and support the delivery of the key financial performance measures.
Core Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Support the delivery of the Group's month-end reporting processes; key outputs being Executive Committee and Board presentations
- Support the delivery of the Group's Budget and Forecast processes; providing guidance in line with financial assumptions and timetables
- Input to design of reporting for monthly performance, budget and forecast presentations
- Prepare insightful and action driven analysis; for regular and ad hoc reporting requirements
- Support the preparation of rolling risk and opportunity analysis
- Engage in the finance business partner forums to share best practice and cultivate idea generation
- Support financial work-streams for Group M&A activities
- Support the preparation of Audit Committee papers, including the Viability Statement
- Support the maintenance and administration of the Group's planning tool, Adaptive Insights
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours:
- Part qualified (and actively studying) or newly qualified accountant through either the ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA;
- Self-motivated with proven analytical, organisational and problem solving skills;
- Has demonstrated high levels of personal accountability and flexibility to meet deadlines;
- Proven experience of delivering results over a sustained period in a challenging environment;
- Strong financial analytical, modelling and accounting skills. Create and provide insight
- A strong commercial acumen
- Exhibiting a Growth Mindset; having an inquisitive mind, desire to learn and take on stretch goals
- Demonstrate a continuous improvement approach; proven ability to identify and deliver improvements and share best practices
- Can interpret financial information to identify drivers impacting business performance;
- Prior experience and knowledge of accounting processes;
- Strong Excel skills;
- Knowledge of financial reporting systems (Workday and Adaptive Planning desirable).
EQ Benefits
Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:
- 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Flexible benefit which you can use to 'purchase' additional benefits which include, private health insurance, travel insurance, gym memberships and many more you can chose from, or get it paid your flexible benefit amount on top of your annual salary
- Life assurance x 4 of your annual salary
- Opportunity to join a great pension scheme
- Staff engagement - Opportunities to receive recognition and rewards.
- Great learning support
#LI-AL1
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.