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Form of workDue to continued growth across SLR, our finance team is expanding. We now have an exciting opportunity for a FP&A Senior Analyst to join the team based in our Bristol office.
Please note that we support hybrid working and are happy to facilitate 3 days per week working from home.
About us
SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3,000 employees across 6 regions, including over 1,000 across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.
Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 days’ annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.
The role
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager (FP&A and Integrations) and primarily focused on the European region, you will be responsible for owning and improving models currently in use, building new models, tracking KPIs, identifying trends and variances and budgeting and forecasting. The finance team is very outward looking into the wider business and you will have significant interaction with the operations teams.
This is a newly created role in a team which is still in its infancy, therefore will likely evolve as the FP&A function responds to changing business needs and so the responsibilities listed below should be viewed as a guide more than a prescriptive list.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Reporting on WIP and invoicing
• Supporting the Head of Order to Cash with any reporting requirements
• Supporting the FC with the reporting to the operational business
• Driving automation and intuitive reporting within the European finance team
• Supporting the FC/FD with reforecasting and budgeting
• Collaborating with stakeholders to enhance business performance and financial activities
About you
We are ideally looking for a qualified accountant with experience in an FP&A position, as well as:
• Exceptional Excel skills; experience in building models and in owning and improving upon existing models
o Able to manage data sets
o Confidently building and applying advanced formula such as index matching, Boolean logic etc.
o Foundational knowledge of automating excel functionality either by connecting, cleansing and manipulating data with Power Query or by basic VBA
o Analysing and summarizing data with pivot tables and pivot tables
o Some knowledge of visualisations
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing business needs
• Passion for self learning and driving automation
• Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• A proactive attitude towards problem-solving
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SLR
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional DE&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive.
We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently underrepresented at SLR, such as: LGBTQ+ people, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent.
Should you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process with us, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.
