Finance Analyst
Anglo American / De Beers Group · London, United Kingdom · hybrid
De Beers London is the ultimate diamond jewellery Maison, globally recognised for its leadership and expertise in diamonds. As a challenger in the fine and high jewellery landscape, we offer a distinctive and unparalleled connection to the source, setting us apart with our unique diamond-first approach.
A destination for those seeking the most extraordinary diamond jewellery, De Beers London delivers identifiable, ultra-desirable creations alongside unforgettable service and experiences. Our high jewellery collections showcase the pinnacle of artistry and craftsmanship, celebrating the rarest diamonds through innovative and breathtaking designs.
As Finance Analyst at De Beers London, you will play a key role in supporting financial performance, strategic decision-making, and operational excellence across our global business. Partnering closely with commercial, operational, and finance stakeholders, you will be responsible for delivering insightful management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, and business partnering support.
The role will contribute to the development of financial plans, provide robust challenge and analysis around commercial performance, and drive enhanced visibility of key business metrics including sales, margins, operating expenditure, and capital investments. You will take ownership of critical performance reporting and profitability analysis, helping stakeholders understand business drivers, risks, and opportunities while supporting informed decision-making.
In addition, you will support capital expenditure planning and investment appraisal activities, oversee product and channel profitability analysis, contribute to the continuous improvement of financial processes and systems, and help develop reporting tools and dashboards that improve business insight. This role offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and provides an excellent opportunity to influence business performance while contributing to the evolution of a best-in-class FP&A and commercial finance function.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Prepare monthly management reporting packs, including detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, prior year, and strategic plan.
- Analyse financial and operational performance to identify key trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers.
- Support the production of insightful management reporting and business review presentations for senior leadership, translating financial results into clear commercial insights and actionable recommendations.
- Support the delivery of timely, accurate, and consistent financial information to enable effective decision-making and financial control.
- Develop and maintain forecasting models to improve visibility and predict business performance.
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis and scenario modelling to support strategic and operational initiatives.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand performance drivers and recommend actions to improve financial outcomes.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Planning
- Support the annual budget, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes across retail, wholesale, and corporate functions.
- Coordinate planning activities across multiple markets and functions, ensuring submissions are accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
- Challenge assumptions and key planning inputs to ensure forecasts are realistic, robust, and aligned with strategic objectives.
- Consolidate regional and functional plans and prepare presentations for senior management review.
- Produce detailed Plan vs Prior Year, Plan vs Forecast, and Plan vs Budget analyses, highlighting key business drivers and risks.
- Support the development of driver-based planning models and continuous enhancements to the planning process.
- Assist stakeholders in identifying actions to mitigate sales shortfalls, cost pressures, and other business risks.
Commercial Finance & Business Partnering
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to commercial, operational, and functional stakeholders.
- Provide financial insight and challenge to support decision-making, strategic initiatives, and business performance improvement.
- Support the evaluation of new business opportunities, partnerships, and commercial initiatives through financial modelling and investment analysis.
- Build strong relationships with international markets and central functions, promoting consistency in reporting, planning, and performance management.
Product, Channel & Margin Analysis
- Own and enhance product, category, channel, and customer profitability reporting.
- Analyse gross margin performance, identifying key drivers of variances including pricing, sales mix, product costs, and volume movements.
- Monitor profitability trends and provide recommendations to improve margins and overall business performance.
- Develop reporting and dashboards that improve visibility of sales, margin, and profitability performance across the business.
- Deliver regular insight into product and channel performance, highlighting opportunities for growth and efficiency.
Capital Expenditure (Capex) & Investment Appraisal
- Support the annual Capex budgeting and forecasting process.
- Monitor capital expenditure against approved budgets and provide regular reporting on project performance and spend.
- Partner with project owners to track delivery of expected benefits and investment outcomes.
- Support preparation of investment committee papers and presentations for management approval.
Management Reporting & Month-End Activities
- Coordinate month-end close activities with Financial Accounting teams to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
- Review actual results and validate financial performance across markets and business units.
- Prepare and maintain monthly performance dashboards covering sales, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and key KPIs.
- Deliver meaningful commentary explaining performance against budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Support cost centre owners with financial analysis, cost management, and performance tracking.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, efficiency, and business insight.
Systems, Reporting & Process Improvement
- Maintain and enhance FP&A reporting tools, dashboards, and performance metrics.
- Support the administration and development of OneStream and other financial planning and reporting systems.
- Act as a key contact for system-related support within the FP&A community.
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual reporting and improve analytical capability.
- Participate in finance transformation, system enhancement, and reporting improvement projects.
- Assist with user acceptance testing, process documentation, and training where required.
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of finance processes.
Stakeholder Management
- Build effective working relationships across finance, commercial, and operational.
- Present financial information confidently to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- Take ownership of key workstreams and contribute to the ongoing development of the FP&A function.
Other Responsibilities
- Serve as a key point of contact between central finance functions and regional markets.
- Support both statutory and management reporting requirements as required.
- Contribute to special projects, strategic reviews, and business initiatives.
- Undertake additional responsibilities consistent with the scope and seniority of the role.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, accountability, and commercial focus.
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
- 2+ years of PQE in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Commercial Finance, Manag