FP&A Analyst – Human Resources London, England
Job description
Informa is a leading international events, intelligence and scholarly research group.
We’re the specialist’s specialist. Through hundreds of powerful brands, we work with businesses and professionals in specialist markets, providing the connections, intelligence and opportunities that help customers grow, do business, make breakthroughs and take better informed decisions.
Informa is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100, with over 11,000 colleagues working in more than 30 countries.
This is a new and exciting role to bring a financial perspective into the People (HR) team and lead on data integrity, forward thinking data reporting, and proactive financial workforce planning. This role is the bridge between our central and business portfolio finance teams and HR leadership, ensuring alignment of our HR and ERP systems and building reliable reconciliations between budget and actual people-related expenditures.
The role will build the ability and resilience to offer our commercial leadership data to inform and influence their commercial and people decisions and provides our HR leaders an opportunity to upskill their abilities in Power BI and financial management.
The FP&A Analyst is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:
- Own the monthly reconciliation of the ERP and HRIS, ensuring data accuracy is reached and fully aligned for accrual purposes. This includes but is not limited to bonus plan accrual, role categorisation and key headcount data.
- Provide the HR leaders insight surrounding monthly vacancy and out-of-cycle pay increases ensuring HR leaders have the data to challenge and support the commercial teams in making informed decisions.
- Own the data integrity of internal job categorisations such as job function and role focus across the business ensuring the data is correctly aligned within the HRIS and ERP.
- Ensure proactive and transparent workforce planning of headcount and vacancy provisions to ensure data alignment between Finance and HR.
- Be the Lead on the reconciliation of the 3-year planning process with a people-centric focus.
- Support the HR Leadership team in the introduction of dashboard reporting through Power BI to support data-driven people decisions across the business.
- Support the annual bonus calculation and salary review calculations, introducing a highly automated process, and ensuring integrity in the calculations for payment and the ability to integrate the accrual provisions.
- Work with the HR Director on the quarterly executive reporting from a people perspective.
- Work closely with HR and Finance Systems team to ensure the development of reporting is meeting the ever-evolving needs of the finance team.
- Upskill the HR Leadership team in Power BI implementation.
Professional Qualifications
- Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
Skills & Abilities
- Proven communication and interpersonal skills and ability to interact at all levels
- Strong influencing skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial technical matters to non-technical people
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment and produces quality outputs to tight deadlines
- Strong attention to detail
- IT literate with advanced Excel, PowerPoint & Power BI skills
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Detail-oriented, creative, and innovative thinker
- Exceptional prioritisation and time management skills
Additional Information
Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritize promotions internally.
Our benefits include:
- Learning and development plan to assist with your career development
- 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!
- Competitive Benefits
- Work with high quality specialist products
- Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration
- Share-Match options - become a shareholder
- Regular social events and networking opportunities
We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law.
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