Work Flexibility: Hybrid
Senior Finance Analyst – FP&A (Bonus & Commissions) | 18-Month ContractReady to take on a high-impact finance role? As a Senior Finance Analyst – FP&A (Bonus & Commissions), you’ll be at the heart of financial planning, performance management, and strategic decision-making. Reporting to the Senior FP&A Manager, you’ll work with the business on the end-to-end Bonus & Commission (B&C) accruals, results, and insights, shaping compensation strategies across the business.This high-visibility role partners closely with Commercial Managers, the Commercial Director, and key back-office functions, providing financial governance, in-depth analysis, and independent insights that drive smarter decisions and unlock business value.We’re looking for a critical thinker and strategic influencer—someone who thrives on analysis, challenges the status quo, and supports business leaders with data-driven solutions.Ready to make an impact?Key Responsibilities: Business Partnering:
- Builds and maintains a relationship with key stakeholders.
- Understands stakeholder needs and expectations and how and when to best engage them.
- Communicates and seeks input proactively upfront before decisions and provides advice.
- Leverages business understanding to target questions to provide stakeholders alternative perspectives and to build credibility and trust.
- Speaks up and reports to direct management when information / data seems incorrect.
Business Planning, budgeting, and Forecasting:
- Supports the weekly Agenda process including stakeholder alignment.
- Supports the Quarterly Forecasting Process.
- Supports the Annual Budget Process.
- Supports/Leads the annual Quota setting, awards, and quota P&L process.
Performance Management:
- P&L control, analysis and insight for the B&C costs
- Responsible for Month-end close B&C costs for all business franchises.
- Provides variance analysis and commentary to explain monthly results
- Provides key monthly & ad hoc performance reporting for your Franchise. E.g. KPI Review Deck
- Communicates and seeks input proactively upfront before decisions and provides advice on R&Os.
Decision Support:
- Assists in providing modelling and inputs necessary to support stakeholders in making business decisions.
- Provides timely & accurate information to enable key business decisions.
Projects:
- As identified in line with organisational goals.
- Support Franchise specific projects and initiatives.
- Support Business wide strategic initiatives.
- Support finance Strategic projects and initiatives e.g. Continuous improvement.
Team:
- Team coverage and support
- Support the education and training across the finance team
- Support the Development of financial acumen across the Franchise you support.
PERSON SPECIFICATIONCritical Requirements (e.g. skills, experience, qualifications):
- Relationship building abilities.
- Takes initiative and actively problem solves.
- Good time, task and organisational management skills.
- Able to communicate and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Strong detail orientation.
- Team support and engagement.
- Technology savvy.
- Prior experience with sales bonus & commission plans/costs (highly advantageous but not critical).
Desirable Requirements (eg: skills, experience, qualifications):
- CA/CPA qualified or working towards.
- Intermediate to advanced excel knowledge with the ability to leverage advanced formulas, Macros, tools and shortcuts to efficiently and effectively analyse and provide insights on data.
- Able to create advanced Power BI reports as well as provide coaching and support to other team members.
Other requirements (e.g.: travel, on-call responsibilities):
- Travel when required
Travel Percentage: None