Job Title
FP&A Senior Analyst
Job Description Summary
Role Overview
The Financial Senior Analyst – FP&A Operations supports the country Finance team by delivering high-quality, standardised FP&A activities across planning, reporting, and analysis. The senior role may have 1 – 3 analysts reporting into the senior and they will work together as a team to provide timely and high – quality deliverables. The senior role also needs to work directly with their internal customers and stakeholders to ensure strong communications and alignment on deliverables and needs.
Based in the FP&A Operations Hub, the role combines system-driven execution with an increasing focus on analytics, automation, and AI-enabled insight generation. It enables Finance Business Partners to focus on strategic decision-making by improving data quality, efficiency, and scalability.
The role is critical to the transition toward a predictive, continuous, and insight-led FP&A function, with growing responsibility for leveraging and developing AI-enabled solutions, including agents.
Job Description
Role Overview
The Financial Senior Analyst – FP&A Operations supports the country Finance team by delivering high-quality, standardised FP&A activities across planning, reporting, and analysis. The senior role may have 1 – 3 analysts reporting into the senior and they will work together as a team to provide timely and high – quality deliverables. The senior role also needs to work directly with their internal customers and stakeholders to ensure strong communications and alignment on deliverables and needs.
Based in the FP&A Operations Hub, the role combines system-driven execution with an increasing focus on analytics, automation, and AI-enabled insight generation. It enables Finance Business Partners to focus on strategic decision-making by improving data quality, efficiency, and scalability.
The role is critical to the transition toward a predictive, continuous, and insight-led FP&A function, with growing responsibility for leveraging and developing AI-enabled solutions, including agents.
Organisation
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Embedded support to a country / cluster finance team
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Part of the central FP&A Operations Hub
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Dual alignment: Country Finance (dotted line) and Hub Lead (solid line)
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Close collaboration with Controllership, HR, Business Support, and Data/Tech teams
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Contributor to a standardised, technology- and AI-enabled finance model
Key Responsibilities
Planning & Forecasting
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Support monthly forecasts, AOP, and budgeting cycles
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Prepare, validate, and consolidate planning inputs
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Track actuals vs. forecast/plan (incl. headcount and costs)
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Contribute to rolling forecast and continuous planning capabilities
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Manage 1 – 2 FP&A analysts and ensure their timely and hi-quality FP&A deliverables.
Systems & Data Management
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Execute system uploads and data preparation (e.g. OneStream, Workday)
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Extract and structure financial and operational data
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Ensure accuracy through validation and reconciliation
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Maintain consistent data across finance systems
Reporting & Analysis
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Deliver standardised reporting packs and dashboards
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Perform variance analysis across revenue, cost, and margin
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Support Power BI dashboards and visualisation
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Evolve reporting toward driver-based insights and performance analysis
Month-End Close Support
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Validate financial outputs during month-end close
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Support reconciliation between financial and management reporting
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Ensure alignment with Controllership processes
Automation, AI & Digital Enablement
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Identify and implement opportunities to streamline finance processes
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Use AI tools (e.g. Copilot) to improve productivity and output quality
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Support automation of reporting, forecasting, and reconciliation activities
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Reduce manual effort through standardisation and digital solutions
AI & Agent Development (Future-State Capability)
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Build capability in applying AI within FP&A
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Develop or support AI-powered agents to automate workflows (e.g. reporting, variance analysis, data validation)
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Leverage AI for predictive insights, anomaly detection, and automated commentary
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Collaborate with data and technology teams to scale solutions across the organisation
Experience & Qualifications
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Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
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4 - 8 years’ experience in FP&A / finance operations
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Strong financial analysis capability, including the ability to analyse financial data, identify trends, and prepare reports that support business decisions
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Strong Excel and financial systems experience, including Workday, OneStream, Planning, or similar platforms for accurate reporting and data management
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Proficiency in handling large datasets and using tools such as Power BI and other data visualisation or analysis platforms to extract insights and support decision-making
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Familiarity with AI tools; interest in automation, digital, and agent-based solutions
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Experience in shared services / structured environments preferred
Key Competencies
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial results and translate data into actionable insights
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High attention to detail and data accuracy when preparing financial reports, dashboards, and analysis
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Strong systems and data capability, including confidence working with large datasets and finance technology platforms
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Digital and AI mindset; ability to learn and apply new technologies
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High level of ownership; proactive, self-driven, hands-on, and able to take initiative to get work done independently and within and through teams.
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Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with senior managers and cross-functional teams
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Collaborative and service-oriented, with the ability to work in a team environment and support colleagues and other departments to align finance activities with operational goals
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High Social IQ to translate business needs into deliverables and strong communications on findings, conclusions and recommendations. Ability to collaborate and generate win-win solutions.
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Structured, process-driven, and reliable
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Continuous improvement and automation mindset
Success Measures
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Accuracy and timeliness of outputs
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Data quality and reporting consistency
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Adherence to planning cycles
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Level of automation and efficiency achieved
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Adoption and impact of AI-enabled solutions
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Feedback from Finance Business Partners
Role Positioning
This role sits within the operational FP&A layer, delivering standardised, technology-enabled finance execution while progressively evolving toward insight generation, predictive analytics, and AI-enabled decision support.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”