Finance Planning Analyst

Quest Search & Selection are looking for a Finance Planning Analyst to provide proactive financial support to the business, partnering with operational and commercial teams to deliver insightful analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and ad-hoc financial analysis that supports effective decision-making and business performance.

The company is rapidly growth, to bringing both global brands and local favourites to millions of customers every year. With recent major wins and a significant new store launches planned next year, with travel & shopping centre retailing now is an exciting time to join the team.

Responsibilities as a Finance Planning Analyst include:

• Analyse complex datasets to identify trends, performance drivers, risks, and growth opportunities.
• Conduct detailed analysis to explain business performance and support strategic decision-making.
• Present data-driven insights and recommendations in a clear and concise manner for stakeholders.
• Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reports, providing actionable insights for operational teams, senior management.
• Support the annual budgeting process, coordinating inputs, validating assumptions, and ensuring alignment across the business.
• Review and challenge budget and forecast assumptions to ensure robust, accurate, and commercially focused plans.
• Assist with forecasting activities and performance tracking against business objectives.
• Prepare month-end management reporting, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Deliver ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support business requirements and decision-making

To be successful as a Finance Planning Analyst:

• Ideally having 3-4 years' experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or commercial reporting within a retail environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIF, and data modelling.
• Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting large datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and commercial insights.
• Proficient in using business intelligence and reporting tools such as Business Warehouse and BI4 is desirable
• Experience with SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Analysis for Office is desirable.

The benefits on this Finance Planning Analyst include:

• Hybrid working, with 3 days per week in the central London office
• Opportunity to work in a growing, commercial, retail environment
• In-house training on BI tools and systems
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Life insurance.
• Private medical cover.

If you feel that this opportunity sounds like you and you experience for a Finance Planning Analyst, please send your cv quoting the reference no. JO-/B

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.