Finance Business Partner supporting manufacturing operations and enhancing performance transparency in Porto. Collaborating with operational leaders and analyzing financial results for better decision - making.
About the role
- FP&A Analyst supporting R&D business partnering and investment case financial modelling at PayProp and Reapit. Collaborating with Technology and Product Management to drive financial insights and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the RVP, Commercial Finance (Australia‑based), you will be the primary analyst supporting R&D business partnering, R&D workforce and capacity management, and the financial modelling, evaluation, and ongoing reporting of extraordinary investment cases.
- Act as the primary finance analyst supporting Technology and Product Management from an R&D cost, capacity, and execution‑risk perspective.
- Own R&D workforce and capacity modelling, including headcount, attrition, hiring phasing, and cost impacts.
- Maintain R&D spend by product area reporting, ensuring clear cost attribution, trend analysis, and explanation of key drivers and variances.
- Partner with Product and Technology leaders to understand delivery timelines, dependencies, and resourcing constraints, and translate these into clear financial implications.
- Take full ownership of Investment Case (IC) financial modelling for exceptional investments outside the standard operating budget.
- Build auditable investment case financial models including scenario, sensitivity, and downside analysis.
- Prepare decision‑ready financial outputs and supporting materials suitable for executive and investment committee forums.
- Produce ongoing reporting on approved investment cases, tracking performance vs approved assumptions and highlighting emerging execution or benefit‑realisation risks.
- Work closely with the FP&A team to maintain quarterly Product P&L reporting.
- Support the development and ongoing maintenance of product‑level cost attribution and margin methodologies.
- Ensure alignment between Product P&L views, R&D spend by product, and Investment Case assumptions.
- Collaborate with FP&A to create standardised, extensible financial models using automated data pipelines from Aleph where possible.
- Back‑test budgets, forecasts, and investment assumptions to actuals, explaining variances and drivers (with focus on R&D and investment initiatives).
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve repeatable analytical processes.
Requirements
- Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or Accounting.
- Completed professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CA(SA), CFA, FMVA).
- Experience in planning, financial modelling, or valuation‑focused roles.
- Highly skilled in Excel, with strong 3‑statement model‑building capability.
- Strong analytical judgement, problem‑solving ability, and attention to detail.
- Ability to translate complex modelling into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable managing multiple complex workstreams independently.
- Desirable: experience with SaaS business models, workforce modelling, capacity planning, and product cost attribution.
Benefits
- Company pension contributions
- 20 days holiday
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