Senior Fp&a Analyst

**Senior FP&A Analyst - ARDWQ828078 - Bristol/Home**

**Purpose of the Role**

This exciting new hybrid opportunity has arisen to join our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. Reporting to the FP&A Manager, you will be working closely with the Finance Business Partners, Finance Directors, Controlling and CFOs to support themin delivering timely and accurate insight to the Advisory business. This will include understanding the key business drivers and using these to create fact-based P&L, cash and capex budgets and forecasts, alongside in-depth analysis of key business metricsand production of insight-driven commentary and dashboards.
- **We are needing someone able to attend our Bristol office as per business needs, which is likely to be 2 or 3 times per week.**_

**What you will do**

This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following and more.

**Monthly Reporting & MI**
- Ensure that business performance is measured, analysed, explained and understood through the delivery of key performance indicators on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis as appropriate.
- Understand results and trends within the business, providing analysis that allows leadership teams to deliver on their operational responsibilities and take actions to drive performance.
- Have an awareness of the profitability of the differing streams of business to help drive the strategy for the division.
- Ensure the identification and communication of specific competitive/market issues to prompt mitigating, pre-emptive actions.
- Drive and add to the successful execution of the Advisory strategy.
- Ensure compliance with all financial matters relating to the FCA.

**Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning**
- Improve budget and forecast processes.
- Deliver best in class cash forecasting, including liquidity, leverage and financial risk appetites.
- Review the overall Business Plan in line with the Group’s longer term (5 year) plans and objectives and provide inputs to the strategic planning process.
- Coordinate and oversee the analysis of business targets, current forecasts and conduct root cause analysis of missed targets.
- Supporting the Platform CFO, Segment CFOs, FDs and Finance Business Partners in their forward-looking analysis of the business, in particular:

- Monthly MI Reporting packs where necessary
- YoY trend analysis
- Insight into company performance
- ‘What if’ scenario planning
- Budget and forecasting
- Cost Review

**Audit**
- Support the audit programme (internal/external) as appropriate.

**Who we are looking for**

We are looking for someone who has/is:

- Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA or QBE) with strong experience in financial forecasting and budgeting processes.
- Expertise in cashflow modelling and forecasting, management accounting, financial performance reporting and financial control.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage stakeholders at all levels.
- Financial planning and analysis experience, preferably in an insurance environment.
- Strength to work under pressure and be adaptable to change.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

- Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays
- Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
- Pensions scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
- 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing
- 1 day’s paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
- The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group

The Ardonagh Group is one of the UK’s largest independent brokers with over 9000 dedicated and passionate professionals across the country, and worldwide, facing and dealing with our clients’ challenges, offering an enviable range of products, services andsolutions to their clients. We are progressive, passionate and proud of the work we do, across all sectors of the business. Therefore, we need highly capable people to join our team to make this a reality Why not check us out on LinkedIn to find out whatlife’s really like at Ardonagh.

So if this sounds like you, and you are looking for a new challenge where you can learn and develop your career, then this could be a great opportunity for you.

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