FP&A Capex Analyst

The CAPEX Reporting Data Analyst is responsible for ensuring our capex reporting meets business requirements to monitor our extensive capital programme and to increase the levels of control and insight regarding the budgeting and forecasting of capital expenditure. The role is a finance data subject matter expert who will partner with the business to deliver assurance around data quality, improve accuracy and efficiency of reporting and enable self‑service.

They will also provide insightful data analysis to the wider finance and business functions to enable more informed decision‑making and strategic analysis. This role will support the development of forecasting and analysis across the group, ensuring best practice processes are implemented to deliver improved insight and accountability.

• Working with the Digital SAC team to ensure monthly reports are delivered on time and accurately reflect capital position within the business.
• Managing the capex budgeting and forecasting via SAC, ensuring that the system appropriately and accurately reflects the inputs and assumptions from the business & PMO teams.
• Continual review of process improvements to identify, recommend, and implement improvements and solutions (alongside our IT team and IT suppliers), to automate and enhance our systems and processes.
• Supporting the Central FP&A team with capex‑related analysis to support more insightful decision‑making and strategic analysis.
• Supporting the Central FP&A team with the assurance and challenge process for the budgeting and forecasting of capex.

Location – Hybrid, Reading up to 2 days a week

Working Pattern – 36 hours a week

• Strong System experience with SAP and SAC.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills.
• Experience in assurance and control of complex data sets.
• Excellent analytical and data modelling skills (including Excel proficiency).

• Solid experience in financial planning, including experience in coordinating rolling forecasts and consolidation.
• Able to multitask and prioritise own work, and effectively deal with ad‑hoc tasks and projects.
• Strong attention to detail whilst being able to see the broader picture.
• Solid communication skills – able to articulate data well across a broad scope of stakeholders.
• Proactive and ambitious – sets high goals for self and continuously strives to improve.
• A qualified accountant is seen as a bonus.

Disability Confident. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.

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