Title: Senior Group FP&A Analyst
London (Sutton), GB Paris, FR Dubai, AE STAVANGER, NO Aberdeen (Westhill), GB
Overview
We are seeking a Senior Group FP&A Analyst to support Group‑level financial planning, performance management, and decision support across Subsea 7. This role is critical in shaping the Group financial narrative, providing clear, insightful, and forward‑looking analysis to senior leadership, including ExCom.
The successful candidate will combine solid analytical capability, commercial judgement, and technical financial skills, with a mindset focused on automation, continuous improvement, and value-adding insight rather than manual reporting. This role requires close collaboration with regional finance teams, Group Reporting, and other central functions, and carries high visibility within the organisation.
What will you be doing?
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead and coordinate Group budgeting, Forecasting (LTF), and five‑year strategic planning processes.
- Own key elements of the Group planning calendar, ensuring timely, accurate, and high‑quality submissions from regions.
- Ensure the consistent application of management accounting policies, assumptions, and planning methodologies across all regions.
- Act as a central point of coordination between regional FP&A teams, Group Reporting, and treasury, ensuring alignment between operational, financial, and cash forecasts.
Performance Analysis & Insight
- Deliver in‑depth analysis of Group performance across:
- Projects
- Vessel and offshore costs
- OOC and overheads
- Backlog, order intake, JLI and associated margins
- Revenue, EBITDA, cash and working capital trends
- Produce clear, concise, and audience‑appropriate commentary that explains performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and outlook.
- Move analysis beyond variance reporting, focusing on thematic, driver‑based insights that support decision‑making.
- Support preparation of Board, ExCom, and management materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and clear narrative quality.
FP&A Mindset & Continuous Improvement
- Champion an insight driven FP&A approach, reducing manual reporting and increasing automation and standardisation.
- Leverage data and technology to improve efficiency, transparency, and analytical depth, particularly through dashboards and self‑service reporting.
- Connect operational drivers to financial outcomes, building coherent and credible end‑to‑end narratives.
- Provide constructive challenge, ensuring assumptions are robust, risks are understood, and opportunities are clearly articulated.
- Contribute to ongoing development of tools, dashboards, and reporting frameworks, in line with Group FP&A priorities.
Collaboration & Business Partnering
- Build collaborative working relationships with:
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- Regional FP&A and Reporting teams
- Group Reporting
- Operational finance and project finance stakeholders
- Act as a trusted finance partner, providing interpretation, challenge, and recommendations rather than simply reporting numbers.
- Tailor analysis and messaging to different audiences, including senior leadership, ensuring clarity and impact.
What experience would we like you to have?
- Extensive experience in FP&A, management accounting, or analytical finance within a project-based or capital-intensive environment.
- Demonstrated ability to produce high‑quality analysis and clear financial narratives for senior stakeholders.
- Advanced analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to work across large and complex data sets.
- Solid systems capability, including:
- SAP
- BFC
- Power BI
- Advanced Excel
- Comfortable working in an environment with frequent, unplanned changes, managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
- Curious, self-motivated, and improvement-oriented mindset.
- Professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent).
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