About Us
Sanctuary Personnel is a market-leading recruitment and service delivery group that has been established for over 15 years and employs over 200 people from our offices in the centre of Ipswich.
Since 2011, Sanctuary has won, or been shortlisted for, several major business awards. In 2017 we collected no less than six awards including the EADT Business of Year and three national industry awards. And this year, we’ve already won the most sought-after title in our sector ’Best Public and Third Sector Recruitment Agency’ at The Recruiter Awards.
We’re savvy enough to recognise that it’s the people who make our organisation work and that’s why we invest in all our staff, to help them develop inspiring and enjoyable careers.
Working Hours: This role is full-time working 37 hours per week.
We are currently looking for a FP&A Analyst to be responsible for day-to-day tasks such as:
* Liaising with senior management, heads of departments and other key leadership figures.
* Provide FP&A finance support to the accounting teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a timely manner.
* Preparing financial and strategic plans for individual departments and the wider organisation.
* Updating annual budgets and forecasts for different business units and consolidating into one master budget.
* Analysing past financial performance, preparing competitor analysis, and examining market trends along with commentary for management.
* Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made.
* Creating financial models to predict growth and forecast performance.
* Analysing previous budgets and forecasts and performing variance analysis to explain discrepancies; proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
* Evaluating new and existing projects, investments, and assets to determine their validity and appraise their value.
* Preparing sales commission and bonus reports.
* Ad-hoc business performance reporting.
Essential Criteria
* Full / Part qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA); Qualified by experience will be considered
* At least 2 years of experience in finance or accounting or a related area
* General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles
* Experience developing financial reports and metrics
* Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
* Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
* Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
* Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities
* Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective verbal and written communication
* Demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organisation
* Knowing basic SQL for extracting data for reporting & analysis desirable
* Experience in PowerBI desirable
What you will get in return
* Central office location
* Company Pension
* Social events 
* A fun, vibrant atmosphere with breakout areas, games consoles, pool tables, table tennis, mini basketball, table football and an indoor picnic area. 
* We can also offer you a working environment with a culture of teamwork and the opportunity to play a vital role in our plans to be the UK’s largest health and social care recruitment company.