FP&A Analyst - Expenses Controlling & Consolidation

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🚀 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 Wakam's strategy, priorities and financial trajectory. Building trust-based relationships with stakeholders is central to the position, in order to anticipate business needs, identify risks and opportunities early, and influence decision-making through clear financial insight. Expenses Controlling & Allocation For each monthly reporting, quarterly closing, budget and forecast cycle, the role is responsible for setting up, monitoring and analysing expense reporting across the full French perimeter. The analysis covers expenses by nature, department, cost centre, destination, entity and consolidated French perimeter . A key part of the role is to build and challenge expense budgets and forecasts for operational and support functions across French entities. This includes reviewing allocation assumptions, intercompany rebilling plans and consistency with Wakam's strategy. The role also covers variance analysis by nature, destination and entity, definition of action plans with budget owners, and follow-up of implementation. A strong contribution to cost optimisation is expected, with a focus on spend efficiency, savings tracking and financial discipline. French Perimeter Consolidation & Intercompany Management Centralise, review and consolidate expense data from all French entities, ensuring full perimeter coverage and proper reconciliation with Accounting. The role helps ensure consistency across management practices, chart of accounts, cost allocation rules, intercompany flows and intragroup rebillings . It also owns the alignment of intercompany flows and intragroup rebillings, including identification, reconciliation and elimination. Consolidated expense analyses by entity, nature and destination are produced in collaboration with the FP&A team, with recommendations to improve financial performance, reporting quality and cost allocation processes. Continuous Improvement & Tools The role contributes to the professionalisation and scaling of the controlling function. This includes improving reporting, closing and planning processes , as well as making the best use of Finance tools such as Sage, Pigment and other reporting solutions. A strong focus is placed on automating reporting, improving data reliability, reducing manual work and proposing new performance indicators that are relevant to the business. The position also supports the use of AI, automation and digital tools to streamline recurring tasks, improve variance analysis and enable faster, more reliable decision-making. 🧠 What You Bring The ideal candidate brings at least 5 years of experience in FP&A, controlling or financial planning , ideally with a strong focus on expenses controlling, cost allocation and multi-entity consolidation . Strong analytical and synthesis skills are essential, with the ability to make complex financial topics understandable for non-finance stakeholders. The role requires confidence in acting as a trusted business partner t

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