Financial Planning Analyst

Job description

Job Description

This is an exciting time to be at ARM as its business continues to grow and evolve, with an opportunity to develop professionally and gain experience in a fast-paced and supportive Finance team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning the role will involve working across the FP&A team to support the organisation to deliver and driver future financial success.

The role of the Finance analyst will split their time supporting; the planning & forecasting process, finance business partners, and the risk management process. Therefore this is a diverse role that will have exposure to a number of the processes where the finance team and the business interact.

The role will involve critically analysing financial data; identifying, maintaining, and evaluating information; supporting implementation of the planning & forecasting framework and facilitating the development and sustaining the enterprise risk management (ERM) program.

The role is critical in enabling finance to engage with the business to drive forward business performance.

Key Accountabilities:

Developing and maintaining financial management information required for the FP&A team. Identifying sources of information; assembling, verifying and communicating through reports as required.

Providing analytical support to the FP&A team to ensure that the necessary management information is available and ability to provide specific analytical support where required.

Working with the business to ensure clear communication between the FP&A team and the business throughout the processes that have FP&A ownership (including planning cycles and risk processes).

Engaging with the business to support on tracking of progress vs action plans (including risk mitigation plans)

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

·  Professional qualification in finance (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or economics, or applicable discipline.
·  Experience working as a finance analyst.
·  Educated to degree level, demonstrating a strong analytical mind-set.
·  Proven experience in statistical, financial, economic, data analysis, or forecast modelling.
·  Knowledge and practice of business process management, budgeting and finance operations.
·  Ability to collect, analyse and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
·  Confident communicating across both finance and non-finance stakeholder groups.

Person specific Requirements:

·  Able to communicate and challenge effectively
·  Highly motivated, collaborative and results driven.
·  Excellent communication skills.
·  Advanced knowledge of Excel.
·  Independent self-starter who thrives on developing new processes and relationships
·  Ability to deal with ambiguity and comfortable creating ways of working and bringing structure to the way that others work
·  Energetic and agile when required to get into the detail and work with data to produce analysis

At ARM, we are guided by our core beliefs that reflect our unique culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary:

We not I

·  Take daily responsibility to make the Global ARM community thrive
·  No individual owns the right answer. Brilliance is collective
·  Information is crucial, share it
·  Realise that we win when we collaborate — and that everyone misses out when we don’t (what does collaborate)

Passion for progress

·  Our differences are our strength. Widen and mix up the pool of people you connect with
·  Difficult things can take unexpected directions. Stick with it
·  Make feedback positive and expansive, not negative and narrow
·  The essence of progress is that it can’t stop. Grow with it and own your own progress

Be your brilliant self

·  Be quirky not egocentric
·  Recognise the power in saying ‘I don’t know’
·  Make trust our default position
·  Hold strong opinions lightly

With offices around the world, ARM is a diverse organisation of dedicated, innovative and highly talented professionals. By enabling a vibrant, inclusive, meritocratic, and open workplace, where all our people can grow and succeed, we encourage our people to share their unique contributions to ARM's success in the global marketplace.

Benefits

Your particular benefits package will depend on position and type of employment and may be subject to change. Your package will be confirmed on offer of employment. ARM's benefits program provides permanent employees with the opportunity to stay innovative and healthy, ensure the wellness of their families, and create a positive working environment.

·  Annual Bonus Plan
·  Discretionary Cash Award
·  Group Personal Pension Plan with enhanced company contribution
·  Medical, Travel, Health & Life Insurances
·  Holiday, 25 days annual leave with option to buy an additional 5 days per year
·  Sabbatical, 20 paid days every four-year of service
·  Volunteering, One (1) paid working day each year (TeamARM)
·  Varies by location: cycle to work, free car parking, gym on site, team and social events

About Arm

Arm® technology is at the heart of a computing and connectivity revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. From the unmissable to the invisible; our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs are enabling the intelligence in 86 billion silicon chips and securely powering products from the sensor to the smartphone to the supercomputer. With more than 1,000 technology partners including the world's most famous business and consumer brands, we are driving Arm innovation into all areas compute is happening inside the chip, the network and the cloud.

With offices around the world, Arm is a diverse community of dedicated, innovative and highly talented professionals. By enabling an inclusive, meritocratic and open workplace where all our people can grow and succeed, we encourage our people to share their unique contributions to Arm's success in the global marketplace.