Graduate EMEA FP&A Analyst

We are currently looking for an EMEA FP&A Analyst to join our regional EMEA FP&A team, reporting to the EMEA FP&A Manager. The Graduate EMEA FP&A Analyst is responsible for the business partnering of several sites throughout Europe and liaising with the regional FP&A team to ensure a consistent message is delivered to top management. The role includes daily reporting tasks within the EMEA FP&A Team as well as month-end and periodic forecast & budgeting responsibilities, supporting the team to deliver high quality insights and meet corporate deadlines.

Typical Responsibilities:

• Act as a Business Partner to Stakeholders for a few businesses within the Sub-Regional perimeter, including supporting the preparation and evaluation of quarterly forecasts (consolidated for the region and supporting countries with smaller finance teams).
• Build relationships and understand the commercial aspects of the business to become the key finance point of contact for European businesses.
• Assist in preparation of the consolidated regional annual budget, including the finalisation, submission, and reporting requirements.
• Provide insight into sales and cost performance and identify key variances to plans and opportunities to drive improvement.
• Provide support to the FP&A team with ad-hoc projects and analysis, as and when required to ensure the business makes the correct, commercial decisions.
• Take ownership of the DDS (Daily Sales Report) report as well as few other month end reports.
• Prepare analysis of the monthly results including P&L, working capital, headcount and capex.
• Support reporting standardisation within perimeter.
• Provide support to the FP&A with ad-hoc projects and analysis, as and when required to ensure the business makes the correct, commercial decisions.

Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of financial statements (P&L and balance sheet).
• Experience of working in fast paced, dynamic environments.
• Advanced Excel skills to enable manipulation of multiple data sources to deliver detailed analytics.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Mathematics.
• Ability to work as part of a larger team and at times be prepared to take on work outside of the role as required to help the team meet deadlines.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.
• Previous experience in a finance position. (Desirable)

What we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Up to 5% matched pension contribution
• 4x annual salary life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee discounts through MyDiscounts
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

This is a hybrid role with expectation of working in our Kidlington office 2/3 days per week.

Essentra plc is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items. Headquartered in the UK, Essentra's global network extends to 28 countries worldwide and includes over 3,000 employees, 14 manufacturing facilities, 24 distribution centres and 33 sales & service centres serving approximately 74,000 customers with a rapid supply of low-cost but essential products for various applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy.

At Essentra, we are ideally looking for individuals who enjoy working as part of a close team, are passionate about what they do and who strive to make a difference. We are always looking to better ourselves and are keen to recruit individuals who like to innovate and improve processes.