Finance Analyst, Global FP&A Governance & Innovation

About our Team:

• Sage’s global finance team is a professional and collaborative team who hold themselves to the highest standards.
• We work truly globally, with colleagues located across all Sage’s offices, valuing connection and collaboration to achieve our desired results.
• We expect everyone in our department to engage in our strategic objectives to empower success through strategic business partnering, collaboration and insightful analysis.
• Our culture is critical: we’re about openness and transparency and supporting our people to harness their strengths so that they thrive.

Could you be our new Finance Analyst, Global FP&A Governance & Innovation ? Are you?

• A part qualified accountant (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIMA) with significant experience in finance?
• Proficient in accounting processes (trial balance, P&L, Balance Sheet) and able to reconcile items in the P&L and Balance Sheet such as inter-company transactions?
• Conversant in budgeting and planning process/models?
• Highly proficient in Excel (advanced functions), Power Query, and Power BI for data analysis and reporting?
• Passionate in technology and the use of technology within Finance?
• Highly analytical with excellent communication skills?
• Detail orientated with a passion for quality?

Your new role:

• Support other Senior Finance Partners in planning and analysis
• Support the process improvement and optimization initiatives by contributing to the enhancement and streamlining of planning and forecasting processes.
• To ensure inter-company plan/forecast are properly reconciled and eliminated.
• Track and analyse headcount and vacancies to support staffing decisions.
• Work with HR and other subsidiaries to report accurate headcount/vacancy numbers
• Assist in the implementation and integration of new financial system and tools (EPM and ERP).
• Administer FP&A systems and processes, ensuring efficient functionality.
• Support the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes, ensuring data is accurately loaded into the EPM systems.
• Act as a "power user" for FP&A technology, providing support to the Finance Business Partners and the broader Finance team in using tools like EPM, Power Query and Power BI effectively.
• Support the Manager of Global Governance & Innovation in providing in-depth financial analysis to support senior management in decision-making processes.

Overview of benefits:

• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays full-time/pro-rated for part-time roles
• 2 additional ’floating days’ of personal leave, in recognition that each of us has cultural, religious, or family commitments that fall at times when the company is not closed.
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Access to Sage books and journals
• Tuition scheme and support for pursuing professional qualifications
• Hybrid working arrangements - In office 20% of contracted hours. We work flexibly and most staff can choose to work from home for up to 80% of their contracted hours.

Other benefits, which may change include:

• Variety of snacks and beverages available in the office
• Home working allowance
• Travel insurance
• Healthy lifestyle reimbursement
• Access to the Company doctor
• Access to Company loans (season ticket loan, rental deposit loan, cycle loan)
• Anniversary trip

If you have a disability and need any support during the application process, please contact humanresources@sagepub.co.uk. We will respond to any requests for support in a timely manner. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

A cover letter is important to us, this offers the hiring manager valuable insights into how your skill set aligns with the role, what unique contributions you can bring to the team and why you are interested in this position. Therefore, when applying for this role online, please upload your cover letter and CV as one document.

Applications without a cover letter may regrettably not be reviewed.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sage we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that is representative of all sections of society and to sustaining a culture that celebrates difference, encourages authenticity, and creates a deep sense of belonging. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief as creating value through diversity is what makes us strong.  As a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.