Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Location
Malta
Job type
Permanent

As Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

The FP&A Analyst reports to the Senior FP&A Manager. The FP&A Analyst plays a critical role in the financial planning and analysis function and will be responsible for providing financial and strategic support to the North America division. 
This role also has a central responsibility of creating, validating and monitoring Business Cases submitted. Together with the other members of the FP&A team, you will build models, gather and standardise offline data sources, analyse financial data, prepare reports and monitor financial movements and variances with a view to ensure that management are making well-informed decisions. 

YOUR CHALLENGE:
Take responsibility for individual product and regional budget and forecasting processes
Monitor profit & loss development within the International division
Analyse reports and raw data to provide insights, create presentations, produce business cases support strategic decision-making with divisional senior management
Assess, test and assure data quality from affiliate account platforms and operational data sources
Support VPs and senior managers with quantitative and qualitative periodical variance analysis
Create exceptional reports, presentations and business cases
Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in data sets and leverage these trends to drive process and performance improvements
Compile data and findings into reports and presentations that will help the leadership team understand the findings and make better business decisions
Work as a key business partner to several departments across the business - providing data and analysis, adding value and challenging business performance where required
TO DO IT, YOU WILL NEED:
Qualified accountant or relevant university degree
Proven experience as a FP&A Analyst/Business Controller consultant or Management Accountant
Experience manipulating and reporting on large data volumes in spreadsheets (google sheets & excel), and data visualisation platforms (PowerBI, Tableau, Google Data Studio etc.)
Knowledge of financial forecasting, diagnosis and information analysis
Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills
Excellent analytical acumen along with a strong ability with reading numbers and figures
Communication skills, strong team spirit, fluency in English Language
Online gaming experience is not a must, however would be beneficial