Commercial Fp&a Analyst - Darwen, United Kingdom - Crown Paints

Crown Paints

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Darwen, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A good financial analyst is someone who can see the future. A great financial analyst is someone who can make the future look like they saw it.

We're not asking for a psychic or mystic, we are looking for a FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team.

Someone who can help turn data into information, and information into insight. If you have the technical skills, an eye for business and able to communicatecomplex information in a simple way, we'd like to hear from you

Sounds interesting, tell me more... You'll be responsible for developing and implementing effective financial planning and analysis processes. You will work closely with the commercial and operational teams to provide financial insights, support decision-making and help drive profitability.

Conduct indepth analysis of business performance and provide recommendations for improvements
Support the budgeting and forecasting process
Ensure accurate reporting and analysis of key performance indicators
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to drive business growth
Support performance reviews through accurate and reliable information delivery and as part of this, assisting with commercial analysis to allow commercial decisions and new business cases to be reviewed by developing tools to improve sales and profitabilityforecasting and planning
In the short term, managing rebates when needed but this is transferring to GBS very soon. Afterwards, liaison with GBS to have accurate accrual of customer rebates
And finally maintaining/developing PowerBI reporting functionality and handling queries from the Commercial teams

Sounds interesting, what skills and experience will I need? You'll be a part qualified Accountant, or qualified by experience. You'll have strong analytical skills and excellent numerical abilities with commercial awareness to generate insights and drive actions.

We also expect the following from you:

Proven experience with solving complex business problems
Critical thinking and ability to translate effectively to execution planning
Strong financial focus and skill to drive profitable choices
Strong system and data analytics tools and acumen to make informed decisions
Ability to structure, analyse and communicate findings of a large amount of data in a timely manner
Superuser in MS Office and especially Excel

With great work comes great reward Crown Paints takes pride in their excellent working conditions and in addition, offer an attractive reward package that includes:

28 days basic annual leave each year (plus 8 bank holidays)
A variety of discounts / vouchers on products that Crown supply
A generous pension plan where the Company will match, and even double your contribution
Multiple other benefits relating to your health and wellbeing

A Little More About Us Crown Paints have been manufacturing paint for longer than most, over 200 years in fact, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. It's fair to say that we know our craft; however, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural,humanitarian and scientific causes across the world.

Alongside our owners, The Hempel Foundation, we place a special focus on education for children in need, and are proud to support the education of over 55,000 children across 22 projects worldwide.

You can therefore guarantee here at Crown - It's not justpaint. It's personal