Financial Planning And Analysis Analyst

About This Role

This role involves comprehensive financial planning and analysis, focusing on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. The analyst will be responsible for managing financial models, preparing reports, and supporting business units in financial submissions. It suits a candidate with strong accounting knowledge and experience in financial modeling and data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Manage driver-based budgeting models
• Consolidate and validate P&L, Balance Sheet, and key ratios
• Support business units in preparing planning submissions and review packs
• Execute cost allocation models
• Maintain allocation drivers
• Conduct Actual vs Budget / Forecast analysis
• Perform MoM and YoY movement analysis
• Breakdown cost center-level variances
• Conduct Volume / rate / mix analysis
• Prepare monthly rolling forecasts
• Update outlook based on performance, macro factors, and business inputs
• Maintain driver-based and scenario-integrated forecasting models
• Perform sensitivity and what-if analysis (e.g., NIM, impairments, costs)
• Support regulatory exercises (ICAAP / ILAAP / stress scenarios)
• Quantify capital and liquidity impacts
• Prepare governance & committee packs
• Produce segment/customer profitability reports
• Draft variance commentary (templated/automated)
• Highlight key drivers and anomalies
• Prepare Board / ExCo packs
• Identify risks and opportunities in financial plans
• Validate data integrity and consistency across models

Requirements

• 8 to 12 years of experience in Finance and Accounting, FP&A
• Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)
• Chartered Accountant, Master

's degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field

• Financial Modeling
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Variance Analysis
• Strong Accounting Knowledge
• Data Analysis & Interpretation
• Advanced FP&A expertise (Banking preferred)
• Strong understanding of Balance Sheet & Capital metrics
• Financial modelling (driver-based, scenario modelling)
• Knowledge of stress testing frameworks (BoE scenarios preferred)
• Advanced Excel + planning tools (Anaplan, SAP BPC, Hyperion)

Nice to have:

• Financial Risk Management (FRM) certification
• IFRS 9
• Scenario planning / What-if analysis
• Long-range planning & capital allocation
• SQL / Data extraction skills
• Power BI / Tableau / Dashboarding tools

Important Details

• Team: Risk: Model inaccuracies Control: Model validation & reconciliation; Risk: Data inconsistency Control: Cross-functional alignment checks; Risk: Regulatory non-compliance Control: ICAAP/ILAAP validation reviews