FP&A Analyst

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Job description

We are seeking a finance professional to join the collaborative FP&A team with our Group Finance Function. In this role you will perform FP&A activities as determined by FP&A team members and produce the output that supports the divisional finance team and broader Finance in their activities.

Key responsibilities in this role will include:

• Perform FP&A activities for the reporting team to provide consistent, accurate and timely output and add additional commentary and insights based on specific Divisional business drivers.
• Run and develop reports, models and approaches with the support of more senior FP&A team members using analysis and problems solving skills to support projects based on requirements.
• Analyse financial information to ensure that information is accurate, that provisions are financially sound and correctly allocated, investigate anomalies and provide explanations on variances that have occurred against budget. Where errors are found provide information and analysis to Finance Operations to correct the postings.
• Identify data quality issues and work with the data team and help to resolve the issues, providing analysis and insight.
• Propose improvements to finance activities, processes and procedures and work with the FP&A team to continually improve processes.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Experience in data analysis and finance reporting
• Experience of problem solving and analysis techniques to define problems
• Initiative and ability to successfully implement new ideas, with drive to push through
• Ability to clearly communicate compelling messages – verbal and written
• Experience with finance tools (including excel & PBI)
• Finance qualification or studying for a professional qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Commitment to continual personal professional development

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.