Quest Search & Selection are looking for a Finance Planning Analyst to provide proactive financial support to the business, partnering with operational and commercial teams to deliver insightful analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and ad-hoc financial analysis that supports effective decision-making and business performance.
The company is rapidly growth, to bringing both global brands and local favourites to millions of customers every year. With recent major wins and a significant new store launches planned next year, with travel & shopping centre retailing now is an exciting time to join the team.
Responsibilities as a Finance Planning Analyst include
- Analyse complex datasets to identify trends, performance drivers, risks, and growth opportunities.
- Conduct detailed analysis to explain business performance and support strategic decision-making.
- Present data-driven insights and recommendations in a clear and concise manner for stakeholders.
- Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reports, providing actionable insights for operational teams, senior management.
- Support the annual budgeting process, coordinating inputs, validating assumptions, and ensuring alignment across the business.
- Review and challenge budget and forecast assumptions to ensure robust, accurate, and commercially focused plans.
- Assist with forecasting activities and performance tracking against business objectives.
- Prepare month-end management reporting, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
- Deliver ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support business requirements and decision-making
To be successful as a Finance Planning Analyst
- Ideally having 3-4 years' experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or commercial reporting within a retail environment.
- Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIF, and data modelling.
- Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting large datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and commercial insights.
- Proficient in using business intelligence and reporting tools such as Business Warehouse and BI4 is desirable
- Experience with SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Analysis for Office is desirable.
The benefits on this Finance Planning Analyst include
- Hybrid working, with 3 days per week in the central London office
- Opportunity to work in a growing, commercial, retail environment
- In-house training on BI tools and systems
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Life insurance.
- Private medical cover.
If you feel that this opportunity sounds like you and you experience for a Finance Planning Analyst, please send your cv quoting the reference no. JO-/B
We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.
Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
