Finance Analyst

The Opportunity

The Branded Business Unit (BBU) is at the heart of William Grant & Sons, and is responsible for the development, growth, and sale of our award-winning brands to customers globally. The FP&A team sits in the centre of this business unit and provides reporting, forecasting and business partnering with central commercial and functional teams as well as offering analysis and insight on the consolidated business unit. Please note this is a 6-month FTC.

What you will be doing

You will be delivering high quality, accurate reporting to BBU leadership teams to enhance decision making and drive growth. Utilising various WG&S systems and data sources, together with narrative information gathered via strong relationship across the BU, you will explain business actual and forecast performance to stakeholders. You will support the implementation of William Grant Way initiatives, including helping the business unit to thrive under the internal markets operating model, developing improved automation of the business reporting rhythm and building further capability within the wider finance teams. Key to success is mastery of the WG&S data systems, experience in building useful and clear reporting, the ability to spot trends and anomalies in data and to having a strong understanding of how to drive business financial performance. The FP&A Analyst will build a strong understanding of the business dynamics in the regions and use that insight to support analysis of the business unit performance.

About you

You will be a qualified / part qualified accountant with FP&A experience and strong excel skills, ideally with PowerBI and Power Query experience. You will be able to work autonomously when required but be comfortable playing an active role in supporting others to deliver larger projects. You will also be confident in your abilities to communicate (both verbal and written) well with and build rapport with stakeholders and leaders across the business and be able to establish positive working relationships with individuals across the globe, remotely.

What can we offer you?

We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan. Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement. Private Healthcare Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary. Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands. Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost. Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated. Learning resources to help you be your best self.