Position Overview:
We are looking for a qualified finance professional to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team at Squarepoint, a leading quantitative investment manager. The individual should have a strong understanding of FP&A principles and financial modelling, as well as experience working with Enterprise Performance Management tools, ideally Workday Adaptive Planning or a similar platform. The role will support the delivery of three-statement financial and non-financial modelling, planning and analysis, with outputs that directly inform strategic decision-making by leadership and the wider finance team.
This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is passionate about FP&A, interested in financial modelling and planning systems, and excited by the opportunity to grow within a high performing function. The role offers the opportunity to make a real and lasting impact through high-quality modelling, analysis and process improvement.
- Support, and where appropriate help lead, the development of new planning models as the FP&A function expands into different parts of the business.
- Maintain and enhance existing three-statement financial planning models within the EPM platform.
- Apply financial modelling principles to develop, improve and maintain models used for forecasting, planning, analysis and strategic decision-making.
- Assist with the preparation of financial models and business cases to evaluate potential investments, initiatives and strategic decisions.
- Work with stakeholders across the business to source forecast inputs, loading and validating these within the planning system in an accurate and timely manner.
- Sense check model outputs and underlying data to identify, investigate and resolve errors, ensuring the integrity of outputs.
- Analyse financial and non-financial outputs and their key drivers, presenting insights back to stakeholders in a clear and actionable way to support decision-making and drive action.
- Support the development of EPM data integrations, planning models and reporting outputs.
- Use LLM tools and other technologies to improve processes, increase efficiency and support problem-solving.
Required Qualifications:
- Relevant experience in an FP&A, finance, planning or similar analytical role, with a strong understanding of financial modelling principles.
- Experience building, maintaining or improving financial models, ideally including three-statement financial models.
- Experience using an Enterprise Performance Management tool such as Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan or Vena.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Familiarity with LLM tools in either a professional or personal context.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain professional relationships across all levels of the business.
- High personal standards, strong attention to detail and a desire to exceed expectations.
- An independent mindset, with the confidence to challenge existing processes and propose improvements.
- A well-structured, proactive work ethic with the ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- A curious mindset and a natural interest in understanding the wider business.
- Open to technology and motivated to find ways to streamline and improve processes.
- Experience building business cases and financial models to support investments, initiatives or strategic decisions would be advantageous.
- Experience with data visualisation, including graphs and dashboards, would be advantageous.
- A general understanding of a programming language such as SQL, Python or M would be beneficial but is not essential.