The Strategic Finance Analyst strengthens ACT Group’s FP&A capabilities by providing advanced financial modelling, strategic analysis, and market-driven insights to support executive decision-making and long-term value creation. This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to Head of FP&A.

The role sits at the intersection of financial planning, strategy, and market intelligence, supporting strategic initiatives such as investments, partnerships, acquisitions, and new product development. You will contribute to Group-level forecasting, scenario analysis, and long-range planning by translating strategic and market assumptions into robust financial projections. In essence, your role involves:

Financial Modelling & Scenario Analysis

• Build, maintain, and enhance robust financial models for strategic initiatives, including investments, partnerships, and product development.
• Perform cash flow analysis, IRR calculations, value-creation assessments, and sensitivity and scenario modelling.
• Challenge assumptions, stress-test outcomes, and ensure analytical robustness, consistency, and transparency.

Market, Industry & Risk Analysis

• Conduct market and industry research to support strategic and commercial decision-making.
• Monitor regulatory developments, competitive dynamics, and market trends relevant to ACT’s activities.
• Identify key financial, operational, and commercial risks and translate them into quantitative scenarios.

Strategic & Investment Support

• Support the evaluation of acquisition opportunities, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
• Contribute to due diligence by reviewing business models, financial assumptions, and underlying data.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to consolidate inputs, identify value drivers, and assess risks.

FP&A, Forecasting & Data-Driven Insights

• Support Group FP&A activities including forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and ad-hoc scenario analysis.
• Translate strategic, commercial, and market-driven assumptions into structured financial projections.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of planning methodologies, analytical frameworks, and modelling standards.

Executive & Decision-Making Materials

• Prepare high-quality financial analyses, business cases, and presentations for senior management.
• Synthesize complex analyses into clear, decision-oriented insights.
• Ensure transparency, consistency, and auditability of assumptions, methodologies, and outputs.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and attributes:

• 5 - 8 years of experience in transaction services, investment analysis, strategy consulting, corporate development or comparable analytical role. 
• Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business Administration or related quantitative field. 
• Strong financial modelling skills, with the ability to build models from scratch. 
• Solid understanding of financial statements, cash flow dynamics and value drivers.
• Advanced Excel skills is required.
• Ability to analyse market data, industry reports, and regulatory information. 
• Commercially minded with the ability to translate modelling output to business decision. 
• Clear and structured communicator in English, with the ability to present findings to senior stakeholders.
• Curious, proactive and grounded.

If you meet these criteria and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.