Senior Group FP&A Analyst

Overview

Senior Group FP&A Analyst

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead and coordinate Group budgeting, Forecasting (LTF), and five‑year strategic planning processes.
• Own key elements of the Group planning calendar, ensuring timely, accurate, and high‑quality submissions from regions.
• Ensure the consistent application of management accounting policies, assumptions, and planning methodologies across all regions.
• Act as a central point of coordination between regional FP&A teams, Group Reporting, and treasury, ensuring alignment between operational, financial, and cash forecasts.

Performance Analysis & Insight

• Deliver in‑depth analysis of Group performance across:
• + Projects
• + Vessel and offshore costs
• + OOC and overheads
• + Backlog, order intake, JLI and associated margins
• + Revenue, EBITDA, cash and working capital trends
• + Produce clear, concise, and audience‑appropriate commentary that explains performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and outlook.
• + Move analysis beyond variance reporting, focusing on thematic, driver‑based insights that support decision‑making.
• + Support preparation of Board, ExCom, and management materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and clear narrative quality.
• **FP&A Mindset & Continuous Improvement**+ Champion an insight driven FP&A approach, reducing manual reporting and increasing automation and standardisation.
• + Leverage data and technology to improve efficiency, transparency, and analytical depth, particularly through dashboards and self‑service reporting.
• + Connect operational drivers to financial outcomes, building coherent and credible end‑to‑end narratives.
• + Provide constructive challenge, ensuring assumptions are robust, risks are understood, and opportunities are clearly articulated.
• + Contribute to ongoing development of tools, dashboards, and reporting frameworks, in line with Group FP&A priorities.
• **Collaboration & Business Partnering**+ Build collaborative working relationships with:
• + Regional FP&A and Reporting teams
• + Group Reporting
• + Operational finance and project finance stakeholders
• + Act as a trusted finance partner, providing interpretation, challenge, and recommendations rather than simply reporting numbers.
• + Tailor analysis and messaging to different audiences, including senior leadership, ensuring clarity and impact.
• What experience would we like you to have?
• Extensive experience in FP&A, management accounting, or analytical finance within a project-based or capital-intensive environment.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high‑quality analysis and clear financial narratives for senior stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to work across large and complex data sets.
• Solid systems capability, including:
• SAP
• BFC
• Power BI
• Advanced Excel
• Comfortable working in an environment with frequent, unplanned changes, managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Curious, self-motivated, and improvement-oriented mindset.
• Professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent).