FP&A Analyst

Metroline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore based ComfortDelGro; one of the world’s largest passenger land transport companies. Currently carrying over 1 million people in London every day, our main focus is to become the best London bus company in London. Metroline employs over c4,500 people, mostly based in London and operates 12 garages across London, with Cricklewood being the head office.Job summaryFocusing on financial performance and revenue and cost management, providing support for the business for backward looking performance management and forward-looking reforecasts and budgets. Main ResponsibilitiesSupporting the development annual budgets, and interim forecasts according to the Group guidelinesUnderstanding the key factors impacting the performance of the business and working with the Head of Finance and business leaders to drive performanceEngaging with finance and non-finance colleagues across the business to maximise support to performance improvement initiativesProducing financial and non-financial KPI targets for key stakeholders and the monitoring and reporting of performanceSupporting the period end closure process with variance analysis and reports ensuring that the board and management has a full understanding of the company financial and operational performanceExpanding the use of data and data analytics utilising existing systems and reporting tools to expand existing suite of performance reportingCompetencies & SkillsExcellent written and spoken English with the ability to communicate clearly and at all levels;Excellent attention for detail;Ability to work well under pressure;Organised, proactive, methodical and results orientated;Ability to manage own workload effectively and work to strict deadlines; Ability to collate and interpret statistical data;Able to build lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders/suppliers;An understanding/appreciation of the service requirements and the management of day to day operational issues; Ability to influence and persuade key decision makers; Management reporting and budgeting experienceTeam player committed to ensuring that the overall team and business objectives are metQualified Accountant: ACCA / CIMA / ACA