Financial Planning Analyst (FP&A) (1 Year Contract)

As a valued employee of the British Council you already help us deliver our mission to support peace and prosperity by building connections understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. For over 90 years we have shaped brighter futures through education arts culture language and creativity.

You are part of our organisation in over 200 countries and territories and where we are on the ground in more than 100 countries.

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Contract Type: 1-year fixed term contract with the possibility of renewal.

Location: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Closing Date: 24th August 2025 at 11.59pm Malaysia time

You must have the legal right to work in Malaysia at the time of application.
There is no relocation or sponsorship support.

Role Purpose:

• Responsible for supporting the Financial Planning and Analysis team by providing accurate consolidation review and analysis of the financial data linked with plans forecasts or performance review.
• The role involves liaising with the local SBU leads country staff and Regional Financial Controllers team as well as other stakeholders and service providers when and where required to ensure errors are corrected and prevent distortions resulting from financial accounting aspects.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

Planning Forecasting & Budgeting

• Support the planning process for shared costs by ensuring tools and procedures are in place to deliver accurate and timely informationautomated where possible.
• Assist the Regional FP&A Lead with data consolidation presenting information clearly using graphs and well-documented assumptions.
• Identify errors and potential risk areas during variance reviews and escalate as needed.
• Integrate financial and non-financial data (such as volumes) as part of our planning and reporting processes.
• Provide training and one-on-one support to Country SBU Leads and other team members as needed.

Financial Analysis

• Undertake variance analysis of performance vs target highlighting risk areas and providing advice on how to rectify errors and deviations.

• To work with the Regional FP&A Manager on the processes involved in the review and variance analysis.

Management Reporting

• Investigate any material variances as part of our month end process and ensure the adjustments required take place before hard-close.
• Identifydeviations and errors in our master data including proper reporting structures including Profit Centres Cost Centres WBS and GLs. To implement changes required to correct this within a month after identification/detection.
• Provide data and insights to support comprehensive business-informed commentaries.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests enquiries and reviews as required by the team.

Business Performance Management

• Support accurate business performance reporting by minimizing unallocated income/expenses and reducing entries under NONE or Unassigned categories.
• To participate in the reviews of financial performance with FP&A Lead and business team members by providing scenario analysis and financial support to forward planning decisions
• To review regularly (monthly) that actuals follow the same assumptions than plan/forecastfor any process involving allocation (staff OPSS and Indirects)
• Assist individual managers in solving data hygiene / SAP issues.

Role specific knowledge and experience:

Minimum / Essential Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in operational financial management and/or management accounting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office particularly Excel PowerPoint and ERP System
• Experience with PowerBI and dashboard reporting

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working with SAP.
• Strong ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Experience working in virtual or geographically dispersed teams.

Education and Qualification

• Bachelors degree in accounting/finance/business
• Qualified with a recognized accounting body if preferred.

Language Requirement:

• The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion Statement

We are committed to equality diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work. The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer. The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes increase understanding of disability and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

Safeguarding Statement

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children young people and adults who we work with. We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19 UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989. Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed in line with legal requirements and with the British Councils Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

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