FP&A Analyst

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As part of the FP&A Team within the Finance Department, you will be reporting to a FP&A Manager. You will play a key role combining local business partnering and group-level financial reporting.  

On the Local side, you will act as the finance business partner for two three entities based in Paris and London, supporting the local Managing Directors with timely reporting, ad-hoc analyses and actionable insights to drive day-to-day business decisions. You will work closely with both four operational leaders and local accounting teams to ensure data accuracy and to improve the flow between operational and financial processes. 

On the Group side, you will contribute to Group FP&A by leading the reporting and budgeting for a cluster of entities (UK, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands). In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality financial information, coordinating local stakeholders, and continuously improving the reliability, relevance and efficiency of the Group reporting and budgeting processes. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

👉 Reporting 

 
1. Local reporting:  

You will be responsible for preparing and leading regular local reporting sessions with the Managing Directors, while providing ongoing day-to-day support through ad-hoc analyses to help monitor and steer business performance. You will develop close partnerships with the Managing Directors, becoming a trusted financial advisor in their decision-making process: 

> Build & animate:

• Build and present the local reporting for your scope, in line with the Managing Directors’ needs and expectations. 
• Ensure reliability, compliance with accounting rules, homogeneity, and completeness within the deadlines. 

> Maintain & improve - quality of data and production of the reporting: 

• Setup the right checks to ensure that the data is consistent to be reported and work with other departments to continue cleaning this data (Finance & Accounting teams especially). 

• Organize (or maintain & improve) the switch from excel to BI tools for Business reviews and consolidate the data in a single environment. 

• Increase automation and improve the reporting process to reduce delays. 
  

> Improve the relevance & quality of this reporting

• Manage the continuous improvement and evolution of the data shared in those reviews to better answer the stakeholders needs (MDs mainly) and better understand those activities. 

Group reporting:  

The FP&A Department is in charge of building each month a group reporting presented to the investors after being reviewed internally. 

> Build: 

• Build the monthly reporting of your perimeter to the FP&A Manager within the deadlines, 

• Ensure reliability, compliance with accounting rules, homogeneity, and completeness within the deadlines.

> Maintain & improve - quality of data and production of the reporting: 

• Ensure the correct reporting of your perimeter within the group P&L. 

• Setup the right checks to ensure that the data is consistent to be reported and work with other departments to continue cleaning this data (Finance teams especially). 

• Understand and help building the rules of allocation towards the P&L of your Business Units or perimeter. 

• Organize (or maintain & improve) the switch from excel to BI tools for Business reviews and consolidate the data in a single environment. 

• Increase automation and improve the reporting process to reduce delays. 

👉 Budget and reforecast: 

The FP&A Department oversees building the Budget (yearly), Reforecast and Business plan (on demand) of the group.

•  During budget season: 
  Build budget templates, organize budget meetings with the Budget Owners, retrieve inputs.
  
• Recurring:  Anticipate budgeting/forecasting by investigating how we can derive the reporting templates into budgeting templates.
  Bring the budget & forecast data into your reporting with the budget owners to ensure ownership. 

The perfect match… 

• 3–8 years’ experience in Accounting, FP&A or Controlling within an international group or a Big 4 / consulting environment 

• Strong ownership & autonomy: self-starter, proactive, able to build processes, models and dashboards from scratch 

• Strong analytical & financial skills, with advanced Excel and solid accounting knowledge 

• Good communication skills, able to interact with senior management and operational teams 

• Knowledge in Business intelligence & CRM software is highly appreciated, 

• Rigorous personality, organized, trustworthy and curious, 

• Capacity to work under pressure in a fast paced, ever-changing environment, 

• Continuous improvement mindset, always looking for ways to optimize processes and performance 

• Business-oriented mindset, able to translate data into insights and recommendations 

• Fluency in English.

What we offer ... 

• Full-time permanent contract 

• Empowerment to bring your own ideas and shape our software and processes. 

• Thrive in a flat hierarchy that champions courtesy, honesty, and courage. 

• Unlock exciting career development paths in a supportive and ambitious company 

• Work with global teams on cutting-edge tech and complex data. 
• Design impactful IP solutions for thousands of users worldwide. 
• Nice office in Asnières-sur-Seine or Sophia-Antipolis with frequent travels to London

📍 Job location: France (Asnières-sur-Seine or Sophia-Antipolis). The position requires regular business travels to London

Driven by values of entrepreneurship, respect, and integrity, Questel is committed to growth and social responsibility. We foster an inclusive, equitable workplace where all feel respected and empowered, regardless of background. Questel is an Equal Opportunity Employer, considering all qualified applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or other protected factors.