Senior Fp&A Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst

Location: Hybrid working with visits to our office in Wimbledon as and when required

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent, full time

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join our Group Finance team here at Domestic & General. The role will support the production and consolidation of Group financial forecasts, covering P&L, balance sheet and cash flow over the annual five-year planning cycle and subsequent reforecasts throughout the year.

Working with the FP&A Systems Manager, and supported by a Finance Analyst, the Senior FP&A Analyst is also responsible for:

• Managing the Group budget timetable and keeping everyone to their deadlines to ensure a smooth process.
• Developing and maintaining forecast models and templates for use by those inputting into the budget process.
• Consolidating inputs to form the Group forecast, working with Finance and Commercial stakeholders to understand and explain drivers and variances.
• Extracting reports from the Finance system to track progress of the budget and build variance reports against actuals and previous forecasts.
• Creation of budget presentations to support Exco and Board review and sign-off.
• Supporting in the production of a monthly trading pack that goes to the Board including consolidating data and commentary from business stakeholders.

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future. We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Key role responsibilities:

• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders inputting into the Group forecast to deliver budgets on time and with clear understanding of drivers and variances.
• Producing consistent and accurate financial outputs driven by efficient models
• Continually assess the quality and efficiency of FP&A processes and outputs, identifying and delivering improvements
• Production of Group forecast materials to enable Exco and Board to review and sign-off plan.
• Maintenance of a “one truth” set of financial data, working closely with the FP&A systems manager.
• Supporting the FP&A Analyst

Skills and experience required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA etc.), part qualified or significant relevant experience in particular with financial planning
• Ability to maintain professional relationships with senior management of all disciplines
• Confident in holding self and others to account
• Commercial acumen
• A critical thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices
• Capable of operating effectively in a complex business environment
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions, recognising and utilising the expertise across the business to drive value

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

For over a hundred years, Domestic & General have been a trusted provider of aftercare for millions of domestic appliances. Today, we’re the UK’s leading provider of appliance breakdown protection, developing products and services to meet your needs.

We provide protection, maintenance and support for a broad range of domestic products and consumer electronics, ranging from televisions to washing machines to boilers.

We look after 23.9 million products and, through our expert service network, we repair or replace 2.9 million appliances every year*.

It’s our mission to keep your world running by delivering a service that never lets you down.