Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

Your key responsibilities will be:  

 

• Financial Planning & Forecasting: Support all the activities related to the Pepco’s budgeting and forecasting process, including the five-year business plan, annual budgeting process and quarterly re-forecasting. Aggregate results, review and challenge. Contribute with the preparation of relevant presentation packs for ExCo and Board updates. 

• Month-End Reporting: Support the preparation of Pepco’s monthly financial reports. Write supporting commentary in a concise and insightful way, highlighting key areas of interest for Senior Management with forward-looking emphasis. 

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare timely financial reports (daily, weekly, monthly), dashboards, and analytics enabling fact-based decision-making.   

• Business Performance Analysis: Utilise financial and operational data to assess business performance against KPIs and benchmarks. Provide insight and analysis into the CFO, Executive and Board-level on internal and external trends. 

• Financial Modelling: Develop and maintain financial models, including trend analysis, to support long-term strategic planning, sensitivity analysis and scenario planning. 

• Team Leadership: Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement. 

• Group-Wide Collaboration: Support finance and non-finance functions with ongoing and ad-hoc requirements. Develop and cultivate strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.   

• Business Definitions & Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Support the standardization of KPIs across the Group, maintaining “One Version of the Truth”. Ensure KPI definitions are enforced and utilized to describe the business consistently. 

• Systems & Process Improvement: Support in continuously improving financial planning systems, tools, and processes by proactively exploring and making recommendations to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.  

 

Skills and experience we are looking for: 

 

• Min. 3 years of experience in finance, in large and complex businesses (e.g. consulting or retail company). 

• Proficiency in budgeting, controlling, financial reporting, and accounting. 

• Higher education in Accounting, Business Planning, Controlling. 

• CIMA / ACCA qualification – an advantage. 

• Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel), Power BI. 

• Advanced knowledge of English. 

• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture. 

• Strong communication skills. 

• Analytical and conceptual thinking.