Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst Location: Skelmersdale, Lancashire Working Style / Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent, Hybrid About Conexus MedStaff Conexus MedStaff is an international agency offering nursing recruitment and medical technologist job opportunities in the USA, with full immigration and Green Card sponsorship. As a nurse recruitment agency, we have helped registered nurses from around the world to live a life they love in the United States. We also help foreign-trained medical technologists to find their ideal job in America. Purpose of the role Love making numbers tell a story? We want to hear from you! We're looking for a commercially minded Senior FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team and help shape the way we plan, forecast and make business decisions. This is more than just crunching numbers and producing reports. You'll play an important role in helping us understand business performance, spot opportunities, challenge assumptions and plan for the future. Working closely with senior leaders and teams across the business, you'll turn complex financial data into meaningful insights that make a real difference. What you'll be getting involved in You'll take ownership of key budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities, building integrated financial models across P&L, balance sheet and cash flow. You'll connect the dots between operational activity, candidate pipelines, client demand, workforce planning, revenue and profitability to help us understand what's happening across the business and what might be coming next. You'll also lead monthly performance analysis, looking at everything from revenue and margins to operating costs, EBITDA and cash flow. You'll identify trends, risks and opportunities, support pricing and commercial decisions, and provide the financial insight needed to help the business make smart, informed choices. A big part of the role will be building relationships across the organisation. You'll partner with senior stakeholders and budget holders, bringing financial information to life, constructively challenging assumptions and helping teams take greater ownership of their numbers. And we're always looking for better ways of doing things! You'll help develop reporting, dashboards and KPIs, improve data quality and find opportunities to automate processes and make our Finance function even more effective. Essential skills and experience: Strong experience in FP&A, commercial finance, finance business partnering or management accounting. Proven experience in budgeting, rolling forecasts, variance analysis and scenario modelling. Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modelling experience, including P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow forecasting. Strong commercial judgement, analytical skills and attention to detail. Confidence working with large, complex datasets and turning numbers into meaningful insights. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders. Confidence challenging assumptions and influencing senior stakeholders. Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment. Desirable experience: Power BI, Power Query or similar reporting and visualisation tools. Working within an international, multi-entity or cross-border organisation. Healthcare, staffing, recruitment, professional services or another people-focused industry. Workforce, utilisation, pipeline or capacity-based forecasting. Pricing, customer profitability or contract modelling. Improving or automating financial reporting and FP&A processes. Qualifications ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (newly qualified or experienced). Candidates with strong equivalent FP&A or commercial finance experience will also be considered. Degree-level education or equivalent relevant professional experience. The opportunity If you enjoy getting under the skin of a business, finding the story behind the numbers and using your expertise to influence what happens next, this could be a brilliant opportunity to make your mark. Why join us? This is a great opportunity to play a key role in our revenue operations, work collaboratively with teams across the business and contribute to improving our financial processes. Benefits 25 days annual leave + 1 day for every year of service, up to 30 days 10 paid sick days Christmas Eve and NYE gifted days off Performance Bonus Long-Service Bonus AXA Private Medical Insurance EAP Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave Death in Service – 4 x annual salary Pension – 6% employer contribution 4 x paid volunteer days per year Learning & Development Opportunities Conexus MedStaff provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 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