FP&A Analyst / Associate

Overview

This role is part of the Finance team and supports financial planning, performance insights, and commercial decision-making for a global organization working with AI-enabled solutions across critical industries.

Working closely with the Head of FP&A and CFO, the FP&A Analyst / Associate will help build and maintain financial plans, track performance against budgets, and deliver clear insights for senior leadership and investors.

Responsibilities

Budgeting, Forecasting and Performance Tracking

• Support development, maintenance, and improvement of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial models.
• Track actual performance against budgets and forecasts, explain key variances, and flag risks and opportunities early.
• Prepare timely, decision-ready analysis for the Head of FP&A and CFO, including scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis.
• Update financial plans as business priorities, assumptions, and operating conditions change.

KPIs and Management Reporting

• Own the definition, calculation, and tracking of key performance metrics used internally and required by investors.
• Support preparation of monthly management reports, board materials, and investor reporting packs.
• Ensure financial models, reports, and underlying systems contain accurate, consistent, and reliable data.
• Translate financial and operating results into clear insights on business performance and key drivers.

Commercial Partnering

• Support commercial teams with pricing, margin, and profitability analysis across customers, products, segments, and individual deals.
• Evaluate the financial impact of pricing changes, discounts, and new commercial proposals.
• Develop clear recommendations that help non-finance stakeholders understand trade-offs and make informed decisions.

Process Improvement and Strategic Analysis

• Streamline and automate recurring reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Improve the structure, flexibility, and usability of financial models and reporting tools.
• Support ad hoc strategic analysis, including business cases, fundraising support, and M&A or investment evaluations.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate development, or investment banking.
• Strong financial modelling expertise, including the ability to build clear, flexible, well-structured models from scratch and review existing models for accuracy.
• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify business trends, understand performance drivers, and spot inconsistencies in financial data.
• A curious and creative approach to problem-solving, including the ability to challenge assumptions and explore alternative scenarios.
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex analysis simply to senior leaders and non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively with finance and commercial teams while managing competing priorities.
• High ownership, strong attention to detail, and a proactive approach to delivering accurate work in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• CFA, ACA/CA, or a comparable professional qualification.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

• Remote role involving regular collaboration with colleagues across multiple countries and time zones.