Company Overview

The organisation uses financial planning and performance analysis to support sustainable growth, efficient resource allocation, and informed business decisions. Its finance function works with operational leaders and other departments to evaluate financial results, prepare forecasts, monitor expenditure, and identify opportunities to improve profitability and cost efficiency. Reliable financial information and clear performance reporting are central to its planning and management processes.

Role Summary

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst will support budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial performance reviews. The role involves analysing actual results against budgets and forecasts, identifying material variances, developing financial models, and preparing insights that help stakeholders understand business performance.

Working remotely from Estonia, the successful candidate will collaborate with finance colleagues and department leaders to consolidate financial information, improve forecast accuracy, and provide decision-support analysis. This position is suited to a finance professional with strong spreadsheet and analytical skills, sound accounting knowledge, and the ability to explain financial outcomes in a clear and commercially relevant way.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation, consolidation, and maintenance of annual budgets, periodic forecasts, and longer-term financial plans.

• Analyse actual financial performance against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, identifying material variances and explaining their underlying causes.

• Prepare monthly management reports covering revenue, operating expenses, margins, cash flow, cost performance, and other relevant financial indicators.

• Develop and maintain financial models to support planning, scenario analysis, resource allocation, and business decision-making.

• Collaborate with department leaders to collect assumptions, validate forecasts, and understand anticipated changes in revenue, costs, staffing, and operational activity.

• Monitor expenditure trends and identify potential overspending, cost pressures, efficiency opportunities, and areas requiring management attention.

• Assist with revenue forecasting by analysing historical results, business drivers, customer activity, pipeline information, and other relevant assumptions.

• Support cash flow planning and liquidity forecasting in collaboration with accounting and treasury colleagues.

• Reconcile financial and operational information to ensure consistency across management reports, planning models, and underlying records.

• Prepare financial presentations and performance summaries for management reviews, planning meetings, and periodic business updates.

• Track key financial performance indicators and help develop consistent definitions and reporting standards across departments.

• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to evaluate business initiatives, operational changes, investment proposals, and cost-saving opportunities.

• Improve financial reporting processes through better spreadsheet models, standardised templates, automation, and documented procedures.

• Maintain clear documentation of financial assumptions, calculation methods, forecast changes, and reporting outputs.

• Work with accounting teams to understand month-end results and ensure that management analysis reflects the latest available financial information.

• Support continuous improvement of budgeting, forecasting, and reporting practices while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and data controls.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• Experience in financial analysis, FP&A, management accounting, budgeting, or financial reporting.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, lookup functions, financial modelling, and scenario analysis.

• Understanding of financial statements, budgeting principles, forecasting methods, cash flow analysis, and cost management.

• Ability to analyse financial variances, identify underlying business drivers, and present meaningful explanations of performance.

• Experience preparing management reports, financial dashboards, forecasts, or budget tracking tools.

• Strong numerical reasoning and attention to detail when working with financial records and assumptions.

• Ability to communicate effectively with finance professionals and non-financial stakeholders.

• Familiarity with accounting systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, or business intelligence tools is an advantage.

• Experience using Power BI, SQL, or other analytical tools to improve financial reporting is beneficial.

• Ability to manage recurring reporting cycles, meet deadlines, and maintain accuracy when working with multiple datasets.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently in a remote environment.

• Professional English proficiency, both written and spoken.

• ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or other relevant professional qualifications or ongoing studies are advantageous.

Benefits

• Remote working opportunity within Estonia.

• Opportunity to contribute directly to budgeting, forecasting, and business performance analysis.

• Exposure to financial planning across multiple business functions and operational areas.

• Opportunities to develop expertise in financial modelling, management reporting, and analytical tools.

• A collaborative environment that values financial accuracy, commercial awareness, and evidence-based decisions.

• Scope to improve reporting efficiency and contribute to the development of financial planning processes.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit an up-to-date CV highlighting their financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting experience. Applications should include examples of relevant work, such as variance analysis, financial modelling, management reporting, or cost optimisation. Candidates should describe their proficiency with Excel and any relevant financial or business intelligence systems. Relevant professional qualifications and training may also be included. Applicants should demonstrate sound financial judgement, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate analysis clearly while working remotely.

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