Financial Planning Analyst, Elliptic

• We value candidates who are commercially minded and passionate about deriving insights from financial, management, and operational data to provide strong business partnering support
• The successful candidate will be a high-calibre applicant who consistently outperforms their peer-group, client and other stakeholder expectations
• As well as being energetic, trustworthy and dependable with exceptional attention to detail, the ideal candidate will always look to improve on accepted norms, and should possess the following traits:
• 2+ years part-qualified or newly-qualified accountancy qualification, or similar relevant financial analytical experience
• 2+ years FP&A experience advantageous but not essential (if newly qualified)
• Excellent academics
• Highly analytical mindset
• Strong skills in data manipulation and analysis using tools such as Excel, SQL, Python
• Experience with BI tools like QuickSight, Tableau, Power BI, or Looker for dashboard creation and data visualisation
• Demonstrable commercial or entrepreneurial acumen
• Driven and ambitious personality
• Excellent communication and team-working skills
• Adaptability to operate successfully in a fast-paced environment, delivering on multiple projects with tight deadlines, especially during key reporting periods

Desirable

• Elliptic is seeking an ambitious and energetic FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) to join our high-impact Finance team during an exciting phase of growth for our Data and SaaS business
• Reporting to the FP&A Lead, you’ll play a central role in scaling the FP&A function and will be integral in surfacing key indicators and insights to inform business strategy and evaluate new investments
• In this rapidly scaling environment, you will support new growth initiatives, automation, and scaling objectives, gaining exposure to all parts of the business
• You’ll collaborate closely with the Business Intelligence and Operations teams and engage with leaders across the organization
• Analyse financial results and surface operational KPIs to identify trends, opportunities and areas for improvement, offering actionable insights to support decision making
• Create leading indicator and operational dashboards through collaboration across the company and partnering with Business Intelligence and Operations
• Assist in the development, monitoring and management of the annual budget and periodic forecasts
• Work closely with department leaders to ensure financial plans are aligned with overall business objectives
• Build, maintain and refine financial models to project company performance and evaluate new business opportunities. Conduct scenario analysis to identify potential risks and opportunities in business strategies
• Support the implementation of a cloud-based FP&A tool
• Assist in the migration of existing data and integration of the new system
• Provide training and support to team members on the use of the new tool
• Continuously seek opportunities to enhance financial processes, improving data accuracy and operational efficiency
• Support Leadership Teams and Line Managers with metrics, strategy, product roadmap and resource planning, and evolving regional go to market strategies
• Assist with ad-hoc fundraising support, and shareholder information requests
• Ad hoc projects
• This person will enjoy the satisfaction of ensuring everything is precisely in order via hands-on budgeting, forecasting and modelling work, while gaining excellent exposure to the full range of DaaS and SaaS business model functions