FP&A Analyst

FP&A Analyst

£45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Reading

Our client is recruiting a Business Intelligence Reporting Analyst. They are looking for someone who has a strong interest and enthusiasm for supporting business stakeholders in understanding performance by designing and creating self-service reports in MicroStrategy. As BI Reporting Analyst, you will analyse a wide variety of commercial, financial and operational data.

They are looking for someone who is highly numerate and a fast, independent learner, capable of quickly understanding concepts, with good financial and commercial acumen. You must be able to quickly understand business goals and KPIs and translate these into user friendly dashboards.

The Ideal Candidate:

Strong financial and commercial acumen
Previous experience of commercial and financial analysis (desirable)
Highly numerate
Advanced Excel skills
Strong analytical skills with experience of working with large volumes of data
Excellent visual presentation and data visualisation skills
Able to transform data into digestible information and insights
Familiarity with BI tools or eagerness to learn
1-2 years+ work experience and numeric/analytical background
Minimum A/A* GCSE Mathematics or equivalent - A-Level Mathematics preferable

The Role

The purpose of this role is to support the FP&A Manager, who in turn supports the CFO, in driving data driven decision making within the business by delivering robust and efficient global reporting and analytics. You will support the FP&A Manager in creating and enhancing global reporting and ad hoc analyses in the company’s BI tool, MicroStrategy.

The BI Reporting Analyst sits within the FP&A team, not the BI team, and as such is responsible for front-end dashboard design only. You will collaborate with the BI team to ensure the data required for business reporting is available in the data cubes, but the role does not involve any back-end database work.

BI Reporting:

Utilise MicroStrategy to design, build and maintain insightful, impactful and user-friendly reporting suites and dashboards to drive data accessibility on a self-serve basis.
Collaborate with business stakeholders to define appropriate KPIs to report on based on business goals and priorities.
Maintain and improve existing dashboards.

Data:

Deeply understand commercial, operational and financial data and their company business model.
Collaborate with the Business Intelligence team to create required attributes and metrics available in the data cubes by briefing requirements and validating data.
Scrutinise data and perform checks to ensure data quality and integrity.

BI Engagement:

Interact with a range of stakeholders to understand requirements and provide solutions.
Become a champion in driving MicroStrategy usage across the business.

Ad-hoc:

Conduct ad-hoc reporting and analysis to serve specific requests and needs of the business.

Specific Skills Required:

Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills to assist the process of gathering and communicating requirements from/to stakeholders both in person and remotely.
Clear communicator, both written and verbal.

Person Specification:

Good collaborator and team player.
Inquisitive and an eager, quick learner.
Able to quickly understand new concepts.
A self-starter with a proactive approach.
Works diligently with very high attention to detail.
Strong interest in data presentation and visualisation.
Someone who takes pride in producing innovative and quality work.
Independent, logical thinker. Able to come up with own solutions to challenges.
Creative thinker who is able to think outside the box to come up with innovative solutions.
Able to think and analyse data critically and challenge others in their approach.

The Package:

Competitive benefits package

Benefits:

Pension
Parking
Healthcare

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