Senior Financial Analyst partnering with global R&D leaders to drive financial strategy. Managing FP&A for $160M R&D spend, leading strategic analysis and financial modeling.
About the role
- Financial Analyst at Newton focusing on financial planning and analysis. Collaborating with functional leaders to improve decision-making through high-quality insights and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Head Office and Support Function leaders to understand cost drivers, productivity and performance
- Provide clear, actionable insight to support prioritisation and decision-making
- Build trusted relationships that enable constructive challenge and influence
- Analyse overhead spend and productivity trends, identifying risks and opportunities
- Develop, enhance and maintain KPI frameworks and dashboards for support functions
- Increase transparency over support function costs, productivity and the outcomes delivered to the business
- Own forecasting and budgeting processes for Head Office and support functions
- Build capacity and cost models to support growth and scalability
- Develop robust business cases for investment in people, technology and infrastructure, including ROI and payback analysis
- Identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, reporting and ways of working
- Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy, consistency and speed
- Champion the use of AI and advanced analytics to enhance forecasting, scenario modelling, anomaly detection and insight generation
- Deliver high-quality management reporting for Head Office and support functions
- Ensure strong data integrity, controls and consistency of information
- Support ad-hoc analysis and strategic initiatives across the business
- Integrate closely with the wider Finance team, sharing best practice and supporting collective objectives
- Contribute to building a high-performing, forward-looking Finance capability at Newton.
Requirements
- Full qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post-qualification experience in FP&A, commercial finance or performance analysis
- Experience partnering with non-finance stakeholders
- Strong analytical capability and the ability to translate data into clear insight and action
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting & KPI development
- Confidence to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders at different levels
- A strong interest in data, automation and AI, and how these can transform finance
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills (experience with Power BI, SQL, or similar tools is desirable)
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset
- A continuous improvement mentality.
Benefits
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Pension contributions
- 28 days holiday (not including bank holidays)
- Profit share scheme
- Equity schemes
- Full social calendar with activity days and events
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