Senior Financial Analyst

Employment type: Permanent
Salary: 70k/year - 75k/year

Senior FP&A Analyst

Location - Woking, UK

Role Overview

Our Woking-based Finance Team are true business partners and play a critical role in ensuring the business operates effectively from a financial perspective. As the backbone of financial planning and analysis, the team provides the insights and controls that drive business performance and support strategic decision-making.

As a Senior FP&A Analyst, you will report directly to the UK FD and work closely with both the wider finance team and key business stakeholders. You will be responsible for delivering accurate financial forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and analysis while providing valuable commercial insights to support business growth and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own the preparation and delivery of:
• Monthly forecasts
• Annual budgets
• Long-range planning processes
• Act as the primary FP&A contact for leadership across Bauer Media Outdoor UK (BMO UK).
• Present monthly forecasts to Managing Directors (MDs) and the Finance Director (FD).

Cash Flow Management

• Lead cash flow forecasting activities.
• Manage risks and opportunities within forecasts.
• Identify and communicate early warning indicators to leadership.

Reporting & Analysis

• Lead FP&A month-end processes.
• Prepare and present monthly variance analysis to the Finance Director and wider finance team.
• Produce monthly ComCo Board slides and KPI reporting packs.
• Deliver insightful financial analysis to support strategic decision-making.

Business Partnering

• Act as Finance Business Partner to:
• Chief People Officer
• Partnerships Director
• Head of Business Rates
• Support stakeholders by:
• Interpreting financial performance
• Challenging forecasts and assumptions
• Providing commercial insight and recommendations

Stakeholder Communication

• Collaborate closely with the Commercial Finance team.
• Communicate key financial messages clearly and effectively.
• Develop standardised reporting outputs that make business insights accessible and actionable.

Continuous Improvement

• Manage ad-hoc requests from senior leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing processes, reporting, and forecasting methodologies.
• Drive efficiencies and best practices across FP&A activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified ACCA, CIMA OR ACA .
• Minimum of 3 years’ post-qualified experience (PQE).

Experience

• Proven experience within an FP&A or Commercial Finance function.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to explain the implications behind financial results (“the so what”).
• Experience in financial modelling and analysis.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel skills, including:
• Financial modelling
• Data analysis
• Turning complex data into meaningful business insights
• Strong PowerPoint skills with the ability to present financial information effectively to non-finance audiences.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised, efficient, and proactive.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities.
• Ability to influence and challenge constructively.

Key Stakeholders

Internal Stakeholders

• Managing Directors
• Finance Director
• Head of Commercial Finance
• Head of Financial Reporting
• Head of Business Rates
• Group Finance Team

External Stakeholders

• As required through business partnering and reporting activities.