FP&A Analyst - #2109633

Sharp Consultancy are delighted to be partnering with an ambitious and fast-growing organisation to recruit an FP&A Analyst into a high performing finance team. Working closely with senior finance leadership and key stakeholders across the business, this role offers genuine commercial exposure and the opportunity to influence strategic decision making through insightful financial analysis.

FP&A has become one of the most sought-after areas within finance, offering exposure far beyond traditional reporting. You'll gain a deep understanding of how a business operates, partnering with leaders across multiple functions to drive performance, challenge assumptions and support key commercial decisions.

Whether you're already working within FP&A or looking to make the move from management accounts into a more commercially focused environment, this represents an outstanding opportunity to develop your career within a progressive business that genuinely values analytical thinking and continuous improvement.

The Role

Reporting into the FP&A Manager, you'll become an integral part of a collaborative finance function, providing meaningful analysis that supports both operational and strategic decision making.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the budgeting and forecasting process across multiple business areas.
• Producing insightful variance analysis, identifying trends and key performance drivers.
• Preparing management reports, dashboards and KPI analysis for senior stakeholders.
• Developing financial models to support strategic planning and business decisions.
• Conducting pricing, profitability and margin analysis to identify commercial opportunities.
• Delivering scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support future planning.
• Providing financial analysis for business cases, projects and investment opportunities.
• Business partnering with operational teams to challenge performance and add commercial insight.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, planning processes and financial controls.

About You

We're keen to speak with finance professionals who enjoy working with data, solving problems and influencing business decisions.

You'll ideally possess:

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified or actively studying towards qualification.
• Previous experience within FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret complex financial information.
• Advanced Excel skills with experience of financial modelling and data analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge, influence and develop relationships across the business.
• A naturally inquisitive mindset with a desire to understand the commercial drivers

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.