Robert Half
Senior FP&A Analyst
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Senior FP&A Analyst | Drinks Manufacturing | West London | £60,000 - £65,000 | Permanent Role
Robert Half are partnering with a fast-growing, entrepreneurial drinks business to recruit a Senior FP&A Analyst into a newly evolving finance function. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a broad and commercially focused role covering financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, financial modelling, and business partnering across a growing group of drinks manufacturing and distribution businesses.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with strong FP&A experience and a background in food or drink manufacturing who is looking to take on a genuinely progressive role. A key focus of the position will be using AI, automation, and Power BI to improve the way FP&A operates, while retaining strong traditional financial analysis and commercial judgement.
📊 About the Position
Reporting into the Finance Director, you will be responsible for:
- Preparing monthly financial reporting across the Group, including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and production standard costs.
- Producing detailed analysis of sales, gross profit, margins, and operating costs by channel, customer, category, brand, and SKU.
- Preparing management reporting packs with clear commentary on actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Supporting the annual budgeting process and periodic forecasting across the Group.
- Building and maintaining financial models covering P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
- Providing insightful analysis on key variances, risks, and opportunities and working with management teams to identify appropriate actions.
- Acting as a finance business partner to Commercial, Operations, and wider management teams, turning financial analysis into practical recommendations.
- Developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards covering trading, distillery, and other business activities.
- Supporting cash flow reporting and highlighting potential opportunities, risks, and funding requirements.
- Identifying opportunities to automate recurring FP&A and reporting processes, using AI and other technology where appropriate.
- Supporting finance systems, reporting, and AI implementation projects across the business.
- Developing practical AI-driven solutions, templates, and models to improve the speed and efficiency of FP&A processes.
- Using market, competitor, and commercial data to identify trends, opportunities, and potential risks across international markets.
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📋 What We're Looking For
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
- Proven FP&A experience, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and performance analysis.
- Experience within the food or drinks manufacturing sector is essential.
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to translate financial information into meaningful business insights.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Strong Power BI experience, particularly around data modelling, dashboards, and reporting.
- Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or similar within finance workflows would be highly advantageous.
- A genuine interest in using AI and automation to improve traditional FP&A processes.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to work closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, and Operations.
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🤝 Here's What's Waiting for You
- Up to £65,000 salary depending on experience.
- Hybrid working from the London office.
- A broad Senior FP&A Analyst role with significant exposure to the Finance Director and wider management team.
- The opportunity to work within an exciting and growing drinks manufacturing and distribution group.
- A genuinely progressive finance environment where AI, automation, and technology are being actively embraced.
- The opportunity to develop sophisticated reporting, financial modelling, and Power BI capabilities.
- Significant scope to influence and improve existing FP&A processes rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
- A role combining traditional FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering, and emerging AI technology.
💼 Why This Role Could Be Your Next Move
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with strong FP&A experience who wants to move into a role where they can have a genuine impact. You'll play a key role across budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, reporting, and commercial analysis, while also helping shape how AI and automation are used within the finance function.
For someone from a food or drinks manufacturing background who is commercially minded, and genuinely interested in how AI can improve finance, this offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of how a growing business develops its FP&A capability.
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