Mid-Level Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant in Preston - Full-time

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 More about your role 

 As a Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant, you'll play a key role in supporting major development and investment decisions across the business. Working closely with senior finance leaders and a wide range of stakeholders, you'll provide clear, insightful financial analysis that helps shape projects from early appraisal through to delivery. 

You'll develop and maintain financial models, assess the financial impact of investment and development activity, and clearly explain performance, risks and opportunities. This is a commercially focused role where your analysis will directly influence decision-making, cash flow planning and long-term business outcomes. 

This is a full time, permanent role is based in Preston and you will be required to be on site 2 days a week.

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Essential Criteria 

• You will possess a Finance Qualification (Part Qualified or Qualified CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) 
• Strong Excel skills with the ability to build and maintain financial models
• A track record of working with large data sets
• Experience of working within a matrix management structure 

More about you 

As our Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant you will be responsible for providing commercial insight and professional financial support to senior stakeholders across development and investment projects. You'll be confident working with a wide range of teams, able to challenge assumptions constructively and explain financial outcomes in a clear, accessible way. 

You'll enjoy working in a collaborative environment, take pride in producing accurate and timely analysis, and be motivated by seeing your work influence real business decisions.  

At Places for People we are committed to a safe working environment so a basic DBS check is mandatory. 

Benefits 

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. 

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: 

• Competitive salary with regular annual review