FP&A Analyst

Job summary

HCRG Care Group are looking for a proactive and analytical Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to join our high performing finance team.

In this pivotal role, you will provide accurate, timely and insightful financial information that supports strategic decision making across the organisation. Acting as a key link between finance and operations, you'll ensure financial clarity, robust control, and meaningful analysis that drives performance and business improvement.

If you're ambitious, collaborative, and ready to take the next step in your FP&A career, this is an exciting opportunity to influence the financial direction of a purpose driven organisation.

This is a fixed-term opportunity for 12 months that offers remote working.

Main duties of the job

No two days will look the same. Your responsibilities will include, but wont be limited to:

Month-End & Reporting

• Lead month-end close activities including pre-close tasks, journal postings and board pack preparation.
• Consolidate financial results across business units and review exceptionals, non EBITDA items, and interest accruals.
• Prepare flash results, trend analysis, profit & loss reports and performance dashboards for senior leadership.

Forecasting & Budgeting

• Coordinate quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting cycles.
• Set up and consolidate forecast/budget models and deliver insightful variance analysis.
• Support business units through forecasting and budget preparation periods.

Analysis & Performance Improvement

• Provide financial analysis that informs decision making at senior levels.
• Review and develop capital expenditure forecasts and monitor cost centre performance.
• Drive improvements to reporting processes, templates and system efficiency.

Financial Systems & Control

• Maintain the chart of accounts and manage creation of cost centres and GL accounts.
• Support financial systems and reporting tools to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Coordinate external financial submissions and ensure timely and accurate reporting.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a bridge between finance, payroll, IT and operational teams.
• Ensure alignment on reporting deadlines, processes and requirements.
• Lead improvements in FTE reporting accuracy across the organisation.

About us

You will feel valued as an FP&A Analyst within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £50,000-£60,000 salary (dependent on experience) with group pension
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support at locations across the country
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

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