Senior FP&A Analyst – Vi Planning Lead
Covetrus
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Lead end‑to‑end planning and forecasting for the Veterinary Instrumentation (Vi) business, including annual budgets, periodic reforecasts, long‑range plans and scenario analysis, providing clear recommendations to senior leadership.
- Provide leadership across Profit and Loss forecasting and planning, both short‑term and longer‑term strategic, building robust models and processes that provide insight, challenge assumptions and enable key business decisions.
- Ensure that the global organisation receives accurate , timely and insightful submissions.
- Lead complex business analysis in response to ad‑hoc leadership team requests, using scenario modelling and financial insight to drive improved business performance across customers, categories and products.
- Present results and analysis to others in a complex and rapidly changing environment, ensuring messages (including those related to complicated accounting issues) are easily digested and understood by non-finance professionals.
- Budgeting – lead the budget process for your areas of responsibility, including systems, processes and stakeholder engagement from leadership team level down, ensuring a clear, stretching and credible budget that the organisation can be held accountable to deliver.
- Drive the development and improvement of dashboards, systems and processes to enable leaders to make data‑driven strategic decisions, including both financial and non‑financial metrics.
- Act as a senior finance partner to commercial and marketing teams in identifying and delivering new sales and margin initiatives, through strong relationships, commercial insight and rigorous financial evaluation.
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong post-qualification experience in FP&A or commercial finance.
- Exposure to large groups with corporate reporting requirements would be very helpful.
- Degree Level Education
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills essential, SAP and Sage experience desirable.
- Strong data analytical skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial planning and analysisbudgetingscenario modelingbusiness analysisdata analysisfinancial evaluationprofit and loss forecastingdashboard developmentprocess improvementcommercial finance
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingpresentation skillsinsight generationstakeholder engagementadaptabilityproblem-solvingcollaboration
Certifications
ACCACIMAdegree level education