Interim FP&A Analyst

We are exclusively partnering with Maldon Salt, a fourth-generation, family-owned business with an exceptional heritage and one of the UK's most recognisable food brands. Producing its iconic sea salt flakes on the Essex coast since 1882, the business has grown into a globally renowned premium brand, exporting to more than 60 countries worldwide and proudly holding a Royal Warrant. Alongside its rich history, Maldon Salt continues to invest in innovation, sustainability and future growth, making this an exciting time to join the organisation.

As part of the FP&A team, the Interim FP&A Analyst will play a key role in supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and performance reporting, whilst helping to deliver the implementation of a new FP&A platform. Working closely with the Head of FP&A and partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, Operations and Supply Chain, you will provide robust analysis, improve reporting capability and help drive informed business decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity for an analytically minded finance professional looking to join a highly respected brand during a period of transformation and investment. Success in the role will come from delivering accurate, actionable insight, improving planning processes and supporting the business through a key systems implementation project.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes across the business.
• Building and maintaining financial models covering sales, volume, pricing, margin, operating costs and cash flow.
• Producing insightful variance analysis, identifying performance drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Delivering decision-ready reporting and meaningful commentary to support management and executive decision-making.
• Supporting the implementation of a new FP&A platform, including data preparation, validation, testing and reconciliation activities.
• Collaborating with Finance, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and BI teams to improve forecasting accuracy and data integrity.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, controls and FP&A processes through greater standardisation and automation.
• Supporting ad hoc analysis and business projects to help drive commercial and operational performance.

  
What They're Looking For

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant, or an accountant qualified by experience, with strong FP&A or commercial finance experience.
• Previous experience in FP&A, management accounting, financial analysis or business partnering roles.
• Strong experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, reporting and financial modelling activities.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to work confidently with large and complex datasets.
• Strong analytical capability and the ability to translate data into clear business insight.
• Experience supporting finance transformation initiatives, systems implementations or process improvement projects would be beneficial.
• Exposure to planning and reporting tools such as Vena, Power BI or similar would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships and work effectively across both finance and non-finance teams.
• A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to quickly add value within an interim assignment.