Financial Planning Analyst, Senior Associate (m|f|x) London

Provides financial and analytical support to the business.

Job Description

This role sits at the centre of Europe FP&A, owning the delivery of planning and reporting outputs that underpin senior decision making.
 

You will partner closely with the Finance Director for Continental Europe, ensuring the FP&A team delivers high-quality, insight-led management information, while strengthening the underlying data, systems, and reporting infrastructure.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role combining:

• Advanced financial modelling
• ExCo-level MI ownership
• Strong data and systems awareness
• Advanced Power BI capability

Tasks

• Own delivery of the Europe plan and forecasts

  Deliver fiscal plan and quarterly outlooks, coordinating inputs across functions and ensuring output quality, alignment, and pace

• Produce ExCo-grade management information

  Deliver clear, concise, and decision-focused MI that is trusted as the single source of truth for Europe performance

• Support executive materials and narrative

  Translate financial performance into structured insight for CFO, CEO, and Board discussions

• Maintain oversight of the Europe P&L

  Track cost drivers, headcount, and allocations, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and clear variance analysis

• Build and own advanced financial models

  Develop robust models for forecasting, scenario analysis, and long-range planning, with clear business drivers and assumptions

• Deliver insight at pace

  Identify trends, risks, and opportunities quickly, focusing on what matters for decision making

• Own Power BI reporting outputs

  Design and maintain reporting solutions, including semantic models, ensuring outputs are scalable, consistent, and fit for senior stakeholders

• Work close to the data

  Interrogate data across systems, challenge outputs, and understand how data flows into reporting

• Improve planning and reporting processes

  Simplify workflows, reduce friction, and increase speed and reliability of outputs

• Raise quality across the team

  Review analyst outputs, enforce high standards, and improve consistency across FP&A deliverables

• Handle complex ad hoc requests

  Bring structure and clarity to ambiguous questions, delivering actionable analysis quickly

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

• Strong FP&A experience across planning, forecasting, and reporting within financial services, asset management, or similarly complex environments.
• Advanced financial modelling capability, with experience building and maintaining models for budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Proven ability to produce clear, structured management information and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Power BI capability, including:

  • Designing and maintaining semantic models

  • Strong understanding of data modelling, relationships, and DAX
  • Experience building scalable reporting solutions, not just dashboards
  • Ability to ensure consistency and governance across outputs
• Strong data mindset, with the ability to interrogate and validate data across multiple systems and sources.
• Experience working with or navigating data warehouses or data lakes to support analysis and reporting.
• Ability to generate clear insights at pace, focusing on key business drivers and decision relevance.
• Strong attention to detail combined with sound commercial judgement.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present findings clearly and challenge constructively.
• Experience supporting or reviewing the work of analysts and contributing to team delivery standards.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline preferred.
• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CFA, CIMA or similar) preferred.

That awaits you

• Financial wellness

  We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.

• Physical wellness

  We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.

• Personal wellness

  We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.

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Contact

Location

25 Walbrook, GB-EC4N 8AF London