FP&A Analyst

Based - St Albans, AL1 2RE (with hybrid working)

Salary + car allowance + bonus + private medical insurance

Premier Foods is a fast paced and complex business, you will be overseeing a P&L with a turnover > £1bn, ensuring strong financial control within our reporting. The key focus will be to deliver improved on-going business reporting and analysis; supporting consolidation and improvement of internal analytics.

Working under the guidance of the Reporting & Simplification Manager, you will be responsible to provide clear, accurate information to the wider finance and commercial teams. 

What you'll be doing, includes:

• Articulate and demonstrate performance drivers, risks and opportunities using strategic financial analysis
• Support integration, forecast, budget and strategic planning processes; leading these when appropriate
• Identify simplification opportunities within reporting across UK and International and work with the teams to modify reporting (and associated processes) to ensure that we have a simple but accurate method of delivering financial information. This will include rigorous change and stakeholder management.

This team are at the heart of our P&L understanding with an ability to utilise data and trends to provide insight or highlight areas that require further analysis and working with the rest of the finance team to produce that.

What we need from you:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA finalist/ newly-qualified
• Strong Excel modelling skills and problem solver
• Ability to deliver highly accurate models with flexibility but retains financial control
• Strong team player – this role needs to work with and understand all areas of finance
• Proven experience in driving forward change and improvement to current ways of working within a similar role 

What we offer in return:

• Bonus scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Car allowance (if you have a full finance qualification)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Enhaved pension with life assurance
• Sharesave scheme

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.