Financial Planning & Reporting Analyst

Job title: Financial Planning and Reporting Analyst

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid working model with a Central London office

We are hiring for a new position of ‘Financial Planning and Reporting Analyst’ to support the FP&A Manager and wider British Isles finance team to drive business performance through accurate, reliable and insightful financial reporting and analysis to aid commercial decision making.

In the UK, we are very proud to have recently been recognised in the Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Work 2023’, one of only 11 in the ‘very large’ employers category.

The role

The role will be pivotal in transforming the financial reporting and planning processes across the business, driving efficiencies and leveraging new capabilities, and will also support with business partnering and core finance routines including month end, forecasting and annual budgeting.

The role is best suited to an enthusiastic, self-confident and pro-active team player, who dares to challenge the status quo in the pursuit of an ambitious vision. A curious mindset and a desire to grow and develop business acumen and commercial skills in the role would are also sought after competencies.

About Pandora

The largest jewellery company in the world, we give a voice to millions of people’s loves every day. We sell three pieces of our hand-crafted jewellery every second and have the largest network in the industry, with almost 7,000 points of sale around the globe and a strong online business.

We pursue sustainability In everything we do and have set ambitious and measurable targets across every touchpoint of our business, from sourcing through to the materials we use and the marketing of our products. 

Our people

Our global workforce is made up of over 32,000 passionate people who, in 2022, helped Pandora record the highest earnings to date, led by a refreshed long-term growth strategy. The pace of our progress has created an energising, ambitious culture where we are empowered to be ourselves and equipped to deliver our very best.

As we continue to grow, we also continue to invest in our talent. We’re looking for people who share our values and can help us bring our ambitions to life.  

What to expect from the role

Reporting

• Spearhead the financial reporting transformation initiative in collaboration with the business, driving efficiencies and leveraging new capabilities.
• Routinely produce quality and timely commercial reporting whilst liaising with the Global BI team where necessary to ensure data integrity.
• Proactively seek other opportunities across tthe business to leverage data analytics and automate and streamline reporting to drive efficiencies.
• Leverage Power BI to develop more automated sales reporting to enhance transparency and create efficiencies across the organisation.

Budgeting & forecasting

• Support in the preparation and submission of the rolling 13 week sales forecast to Global finance.
• Assist and support the wider finance team in quarterly reforecasting and annual budget processes to assess overall P&L performance vs plan/prior years including commentary and variance analysis.

• Analysis and forecasting of non-unit driven revenue.
• Help prepare the budget and forecasting for gross margin across all business channels.
• Support the Globally led planning tool project in future development and subsequent integration into local processes.
• Proactively seek opportunities to continuously improve and streamline the planning process.

Management reporting

• Assist in the preparation of month end reporting and tracking files and help in co-ordinating the close process with the wider finance team.
• Support in the preparation of insightful commentary into the key drivers of business performance which feeds into the monthly business performance review pack (BPR) delivered to the Global ELT (Executive Leadership Team).
• Prepare monthly analysis and reporting on gross margin per collection and category which will form the basis of the monthly BPR commentary.

Commercial finance and business partnering

• Work closely with your financial partnering colleagues to gain insights into business performance and future initiatives.
• Assist in supporting the merchandising team to monitor monthly gross margin per category and per channel, and help drive improvements in analysis and reporting leading to improvements in overall forecasting accuracy.

• Assisting in identifying financial risks & opportunities across the P&L.
• Implement improvements and automations to create efficiencies to allow for increased focus on business partnering.

Other

• Provide support on ad hoc finance projects, analysis tasks, and business cases.

The successful candidate

• Qualified/part-qualified (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) with 2/3+ years of experience (useful but not essentially within the retail industry).
• Solution focused, good at working with data, with strong analytical and interpretation skills, and an attention to detail.
• Power BI experience would be highly advantageous with strong excel modelling skills essential.
• The ability to organise, manage, and prioritise a diverse and competing workload ensuring consistent delivery of quality and timely output to stakeholders.
• The candidate must thrive in a dynamic, changing and fast-paced environment and be excellent at multiple stakeholder management.
• A curious and proactive mindset with the confidence to challenge the status quo in pursuit of seeking new approaches to achieving best possible solution.

• A team player always acting with ONE team mentality.

• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal) with the ability to challenge when required and work well within all levels of the organisation.
   

What can we offer you?

Our commitment to unforgettable career progression is just the start. We offer a competitive rewards package that is second to none.

Our generous benefits package includes:

• A highly competitive salary with regular salary reviews
• Generous bonus scheme
• Private healthcare
• Choice of lunch on us, delivered to you whenever you are in the office!
• Early finish Fridays (weekends with Pandora start every Friday at 3pm!)
• 55% employee discount
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Buy/sell holiday options
• Celebrate your birthday with a day off to celebrate!
• Pandora Perks: access our exclusive online platform provided by Reward Gateway, where you’ll have access to: Discounts on retail brands, cinema tickets, holidays, gym memberships and more
• Wellness Hub: videos to help you lead a healthy lifestyle
• Employee Assistance Programme: a completely confidential, free, counselling phone line open 24/7, all year round
• Recognition programme: celebrate and share achievements with the wider business
• At Pandora we love a party! Especially at Christmas, when you will receive an extra special gift

If you are looking for a new challenge, come and craft the incredible with us!

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