FP&A Analyst

Job Description Summary

We are on a journey to create the future AA, a modern, relevant company for our customers and a great place to work for our colleagues. Our transformation is key to delivering the future AA. Making the right strategic investments is key, and why this role is crucial when it comes to appraising investment opportunities and ensuring promised returns are delivered.

This role will sit within the Roadside Finance team with a dotted reporting line into the Transformation team within COO. Your primary focus will be to support end-to-end programme management, covering governance, portfolio appraisal, cost management, benefit realisation, and post implementation reviews.

Responsibilities

Assist the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis - Road in providing support to the Finance and Transformation teams across investment and cost management through:

Development of efficient and effective benefits tracking methodology and analysis; tracking of investment benefits through the development of business-led driver analysis that gives forward confidence in portfolio returns

Consolidation of benefits tracking into meaningful and concise analysis for Board level presentations

Supporting the prioritisation of annual / ad-hoc Capex spend across the Roadside and Customer Ops portfolio; aligned to the 5 year roadmap

Working with Accountable Executives, Initiative/Project Managers and Finance Teams to develop robust business cases with OKRs and financial benefits that can be tracked and are embedded in divisional budgets

Analysing project/program performance to detect early deviations from schedule and cost/benefit plans

Developing analysis and business models to better understand the AA's cost base and provide insight to support decision making on the allocation of resources across the business

Participating in continuous improvement initiatives to drive forecasting accuracy, process standardisation / optimisation and PPM tool effectiveness

Focusing on maintaining and improving financial controls and performance through ensuring all financial procedures and controls are applied as required; and advising non-finance functions on their application

Developing and maintaining a broad knowledge of Roadside commercial activities and related KPIs and metrics

Monitoring and driving the commercial success of the Roadside division

The Individual

Capability, Knowledge and Experience

Business planning, strategy and business case development with experience in B2C and B2B services desirable

Strong financial analysis and excel modelling skills; develop benefit tracking / analysis capability

Experienced in investigating, developing and appraising solutions to commercial opportunities with a high attention to detail

Strong understanding and experience of investment, financial and business controls

Strong ability to work at senior levels of the organisation to solve complex problems

Excellent organisational and planning skills, with proven ability to work independently

Education & Qualifications

This is a highly numerate and analytical role - while there are no specific educational requirements for this, it is expected that the successful candidate will have one or more of the following:

Graduate calibre (or equivalent of experience)

Accountancy qualification

Training in economics, business or finance

Personal Characteristics:

Open, honest and collaborative style

Strong growth mindset

Relentless focus on accuracy, quality and attention to detail

Flexible and able to balance multiple projects/priorities

Intellectual curiosity and a passion to solve complex problems

Organised, logical, numerate, fact-based

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing compelling presentations and presenting these to senior stakeholders