Wakam
Insurance
FP&AAnalyst–ExpensesControlling&Consolidation
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“FP&A Analyst – Expenses Controlling & Consolidation at Wakam. Act as Finance business partner. Help teams understand financial results”
What You'll Achieve.
Provide clear financial insights; Provide reliable financial insights; Provide forward-looking financial insights; Ensure robust financial planning; Ensure reliable reporting; Ensure disciplined cost management; Improve financial performance; Improve reporting quality; Improve cost allocation processes; Automate reporting; Reduce manual work; Enable faster decision-making; Enable reliable decision-making
Industry & Context.
Analytical skills; Synthesis skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years FP&A experience, 5+ years controlling experience, 5+ years financial planning experience, Advanced Excel skills, Fluency in English
Nice to Have
Experience with Sage, Experience with Pigment, Experience in insurance sector
What You'll Do.
Act as Finance business partner
Help teams understand financial results
Translate budget versus actuals
Support steering cost base
Challenge spending requests
Challenge budget submissions
Challenge reforecasts
Build trust-based relationships
Anticipate business needs
Identify risks and opportunities
Influence decision-making
Monitor expense reporting
Analyse expense reporting
Build expense budgets
Challenge expense budgets
Build expense forecasts
Challenge expense forecasts
Review allocation assumptions
Review intercompany rebilling plans
Follow up implementation
Contribute to cost optimisation
Focus on spend efficiency
Centralise expense data
Consolidate expense data
Reconcile with Accounting
Ensure consistency across management practices
Ensure consistency across chart of accounts
Ensure consistency across cost allocation rules
Ensure consistency across intercompany flows
Ensure consistency across intragroup rebillings
Own alignment of intercompany flows
Own alignment of intragroup rebillings
Identify intercompany flows
Reconcile intercompany flows
Eliminate intercompany flows
Produce consolidated expense analyses
Improve financial performance
Improve reporting quality
Improve cost allocation processes
Improve reporting processes
Improve closing processes
Improve planning processes
Improve data reliability
Propose new performance indicators
Support use of automation
Support use of digital tools
Streamline recurring tasks
Improve variance analysis
Enable faster decision-making
Enable reliable decision-making
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with Accounting; Work with Cash; Work with Group Finance; Work with operational leaders; Work with VPs; Work with Chiefs; Work with budget owners; Collaborate with FP&A team
Communication Scope
Financial insights; Business language
Full Job Description
🚀 About the Team The Group FP&A team is a small, high-impact team at the heart of Wakam’s financial steering and strategic decision-making. Its role is to provide Executive Management and operational leaders with clear, reliable and forward-looking financial insights, while supporting budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, quarterly closings, cost control, consolidation and continuous improvement of Finance processes and tools. As FP&A Analyst – Expenses Controlling & Consolidation, you report directly to the FP&A Director and work closely with Accounting, Cash, Group Finance, operational leaders, VPs, Chiefs and budget owners across Wakam. This is a senior individual contributor role with strong visibility and direct impact on how Wakam monitors, explains and optimises its cost base across the French perimeter. 🎯 Your Mission The mission of the FP&A Analyst – Expenses Controlling & Consolidation is to deliver accurate, insightful and actionable financial analysis to support Executive Management and business leaders in their decision-making. The role owns end-to-end expenses controlling across Wakam’s French entities, covering consolidation of the French perimeter, expense analysis by nature, department and destination, cost allocation, intercompany rebilling, budgeting, forecasting and business partnering with budget owners. This position is key to ensuring robust financial planning, reliable reporting and disciplined cost management across the organisation. ✏️ Your Responsibilities Business Partnering Act as the day-to-day Finance business partner for operational and support function leaders, including Chiefs, VPs and budget owners, on their expenses scope. This includes helping teams understand their financial results, translating budget versus actuals into clear business language, and supporting them in steering their cost base. The role also involves constructively challenging spending requests, budget submissions and reforecasts to ensure alignment with
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