Financial Planning Analyst

Why join our team? Commercial Finance FP&A Team sits under the Finance ops supporting the Commercial Finance Team and wider Sales/Controlling teams across many day-to-day operations including commercial planning, planning, and forecasting. Working across the CFM team and Sales to ensure our quarterly commercial planning process runs efficiently and effectively! In addition, support completing/uploading monthly forecast ensuring the simulated data is accurately reflected in the system. Your Key Responsibilities: Quarterly Commercial Planning • Responsible for updating and maintaining the commercial plan templates for all products.• Responsible for consolidating the commercial plans so the consolidated plan, including revenue and weekly sell-out, can be presented to the business with short lead time. • Support Sales team when they have issues/queries with the plan templates. • Assist FP&A manager to upgrade the planning templates to reflect various requirements from Sales and other relevant teams. Financial Forecasting/Targeting/Planning • Conduct the upload process for forecasting the simulated forecast/target data within a very tight schedule. This will require paid overtime once a month. • Responsible for updating and maintaining the forecast templates for all products. • Support Yearly Management Planning process including prep work and upload. • Collaborate closely with Commercial Finance team to support them with forecasting and planning. Financial Management & Control • Support FP&A manager to manage monthly reporting including financial performance and ad hoc reporting within deadlines. • Support to produce and consolidate data from finance/operation systems. • Be one of the team super users for NERP / systems. Ad-hoc Support • Support ad-hoc financial analysis to deliver insights including financial/operational results within deadlines. What we need for this role To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes: • Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables and v look ups) is required. • Experience of using ERP systems (preferably SAP) is required. • Ability to learn and absorb new knowledge/skills quickly. • Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast paced environment with a sense of urgency. • Ability to work in a high-pressure environment, take quick and effective decisions. • Excellent analytical skills and ability to focus on detail. • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively and work with others. • Ability to solve problems under pressure by navigating yourself to the most suitable solution. What does success look like? • Experience of working within the corporate sector• Experience of working with different cultures.. Experience of working with big data . Forecasting and reporting experienceThe interview process There will be a two-stage interview process. First round will be via Teams with the hiring manager and the second round will be with the HOD.The first round will include an Excel test.