FP&A Analyst
Role Overview
Join the Group FP&A team and support the Aftersales business across service and consumables.
Partner with commercial and operations teams to explain performance drivers and contribute to broader FP&A work.
This is an early-career role offering responsibility and commercial exposure.
The role is based at the Cambridge site on Melbourn Science Park.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Join the Group FP&A team and support the Aftersales business across service and consumables.
Partner with commercial and operations teams to explain performance drivers and contribute to broader FP&A work.
This is an early-career role offering responsibility and commercial exposure.
The role is based at the Cambridge site on Melbourn Science Park.
Aftersales finance
- Provide finance partnership and insight on Aftersales performance, pricing and margin.
- Report weekly order intake, revenue and KPIs and contribute analysis to performance and outlook meetings.
- Report service-team labour utilisation and identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Own the installed-base database and monthly reporting; track service contract attach rates, renewals and warranty conversion.
- Support UK Finance month-end service revenue reporting.
Forecasting and reporting
- Prepare monthly service and consumables forecasts using installed-base, contract-renewal and consumables-usage trends.
- Plan service-team capacity, aligning headcount and skills with forecast demand.
- Support annual budgeting and longer-term strategic planning.
- Contribute to monthly management reporting, analyse performance against budget, forecast and prior year, explain variances, and present financial insights to management.
Systems and improvement
- Maintain data consistency across ERP and Salesforce.
- Improve and automate reporting to drive efficiency as the business grows.
- Undertake ad hoc projects and analysis as required.
Essential skills and experience
- Be part-qualified in ACCA, CIMA or ACA, or be keen to start an accountancy qualification.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and confidence working with non-finance colleagues.
- Have strong Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills, and experience creating presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Bring an analytical mindset, strong attention to detail and curiosity about what drives the numbers.
- Be a team player and passionate about supporting a growth business.
Advantageous experience
- Previous FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting experience is a plus.
- Exposure to service, subscription or other recurring-revenue businesses is a plus.
- Power BI or Tableau dashboard and reporting experience is a plus.
- Experience using ERP and CRM systems is a plus.
About SPT Labtech
SPT Labtech makes products for liquid handling, sample preparation and sample management to support scientific research.
Development and benefits
- The employer will support the employee through an accountancy qualification and career development in the finance function.
- The employer describes its salary package and benefits as competitive and comprehensive.
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