FP & A Analyst

Location: Shoreham By Sea / Hybrid Available: 2-3 Days Working from Home per week

Would you like to join a fast-growing (200+ staff), exceptionally brilliant global company?

Do you have experience in financial planning, analysis, with a strong commercial mindset and a positive “can-do” attitude? Can you deliver data-driven insights and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment?

Do you want the chance to work with well-known brands such as Disney, Harry Potter, Warner Bros, and Barbie?

If so, we want you to join our Commercial Finance Team and become a part of our journey. This is a terrific opportunity to join a growing business and utilise your analytical skills within an growing and supportive team.

Want to know how? Just read on!

Who are Paladone?

Paladone is a wholesale giftware company with offices and teams working globally. Our mission is to create winning trend life lifestyle products that put a smile on the faces of our customers globally.

Along with our own branded products, we offer a comprehensive range of licensed giftware. We work with many exciting mainstream brands such as Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, and DC Comics.

Who are WeCool toys?

WeCool Toys is a Global Designer and Manufacturer of Dynamic Toys, Crafts, Compounds and more. We own, operate, and manage all vertical and horizontal production, package, export and distribution processes.

WeCool Toys is a new member of Paladone Group Holdings

The opportunity:

We are looking for a talented and driven FP & A Analyst to join our Finance Team.

The role will provide financial planning, analysis, and business partnering support that drives data-informed decision-making and improves commercial performance. This role will deliver accurate forecasting, insightful reporting, and strategic analysis that supports company growth, efficiency, and profitability.

The role will report to our Commercial Finance Business Partner

What are key duties of the role?

Financial Analysis & Planning

• Prepare monthly financial reports, including detailed variance analysis to support the production of management accounts.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to support quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-term strategic planning.
• Conduct deep-dive profitability and margin analysis across product categories, customer segments, and sales channels to highlight opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure financial data integrity through close collaboration with the Financial Accounting team.

Business Intelligence & Reporting

• Enhance and maintain Power BI dashboards to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and actionable insights for key stakeholders.
• Evolve the business intelligence reporting suite to support the needs of commercial, operational, and leadership teams.
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) across areas such as sales, cost control, and gross margin performance, highlighting trends and risks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Sales, Operations, and Planning teams to align financial forecasts with operational drivers and commercial objectives.
• Act as a proactive Finance Business Partner, providing data-led insights and challenging assumptions to drive effective decision-making.
• Contribute financial input to cross-functional strategic initiatives, pricing decisions, and investment evaluations.

Continuous Improvement

• Champion a data-driven culture by delivering clear and meaningful insights that support fast and empowered decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting processes and improve the use of existing tools (Power BI, Excel, ERP systems).
• Support the Commercial Finance team in embedding best practice across the business and developing finance capabilities among non-finance teams.
• Demonstrate commitment to our values: respect, innovation, passion, accountability, collaboration, flexibility, and customer focus.

What we need you to bring to the team:

• Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Strong Excel skills and financial modelling experience
• Proven expertise in Power BI for reporting and dashboarding
• Commercial curiosity and strong analytical thinking
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder confidence
• Comfortable working with ERP systems (Dynamics Navision experience is a plus)
• Adaptable: Embraces change and is eager to develop skills in a dynamic and growing organisation.
• Confident Communicator: Builds integrity and trust through clear, concise, and effective communication.
• Solutions-Oriented: Approaches problems with a mindset to find options and deliver improvements.

What we will offer in return: 

Holiday & Work Life Balance

• 25 days holiday per annum (Plus Bank Holidays)
• Holiday Buy & Sell Scheme
• Flexible Working Hours (Flexible start and finish times between 07:30 and 6:00pm)
• Hybrid Working (Working from home 1-2 days per week)
• Shorter working day on Birthday
• Christmas Closure

Financial

• Staff Discount on Products (35% off wholesale price)
• Holiday Buy & Sell Scheme
• Tech & Furniture purchase scheme (Currys & Ikea)
• Discounted Legal Services & Free Will
• Access to financial advisors
• Discounts for retail
• Free onsite parking

Social

• Social Committee
• Annual Sports day
• HK Office Olympics
• Fully funded Company Christmas party
• Fully funded Office and company events
• £100 per person annually for department self-organized team social events

Health Promotion

• Paid time off to attend medical/dental appointments
• Free Eye tests
• Free Flu Vaccinations
• Wellbeing days
• SharePoint portal – advice on healthy eating / lifestyle/ mental wellbeing
• Free fruit
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports committee & Safety and wellbeing committee

Employee Support

• Employee Assistance Programme – (Telus Health)
• NHS Top UP- WPA (claim expenses back on Dental and Optical Treatments, Therapies & more)
• Access to Mental health coaching
• Access to mental health occupational health support
• Financial education and support (financial advice, pensions advice, legal services (IEP Financial, Adroit Legal Services)
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Wellness Action Plans / Menopause Action Plans

Reward and recognition

• Annual Pay Review
• Company Bonus and Performance bonus
• Employee Benefit Trust
• Long Service Awards
• Kudos portal for peer-to-peer recognition
• Refer a friend scheme

Learning and education

• Tailored Training and development plans
• Investment in training opportunities and
• Ability to earn qualifications
• ILM leadership courses
• Litmos Learning (E-Learning)
• Linked in Learning

What is next?

If you are ready to join the Paladone team then click apply and submit your Resume, Covering letter . We aim to respond to all applicants successful within 5 working days.