FP&A Analyst

Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis (12 month FTC)

Because our tomorrow is in your hands. Finance, our way.

FP&A at Primark
We are looking for an FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team. In this role, you will provide support to the FP&A team with financial modelling and planning used for executive decision making. The successful candidate will be skilled in performance and variance analysis and play a key role in generating insight for the commercial teams.
As an analyst in a fast-paced, expanding retail business, you will be a valuable member of the FP&A team. If you enjoy working in a dynamic work environment and have a desire to make a meaningful impact on our business, this is the opportunity for you.

What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as an FP&A Analyst
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Support with the submission of budgets and forecasts to ABF ensuring inputs are managed in an accurate, efficient manner to all levels of the organisation.
• Build and manage financial models.
• Provide in-depth analysis on business performance, working closely with the FP&A managers to emphasises the implications of the numbers and suggested actions.
• Ability to work closely with various key stakeholders within the business and bring knowledge from various sources to support with the insights.
• Work collaboratively across different finance teams, particularly the financial reporting and financial business partnering teams.
• Understand our customers and our competitors, while keeping up to date with commercial trends.
• Ad-hoc analysis as required by the business.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Bachelor’s degree +
• Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).
• Previous FP&A experience working in a fast-paced environment / retail / FMCG.
• Strong statistical modelling skills e.g., regression, correlation, etc.
• High level of financial and analytical acumen with the ability to interrogate large data sets and come to sound, logical recommendations and conclusions.
• The ability to produce relevant, coherent, succinct information analysis for all levels of management.
• Demonstrate initiative with strong work ethic.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and pro-actively.
• Proven experience in building relationships across stakeholders.
• A detailed orientated, numerically savvy individual, who is also solutions focused.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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