Lead Analyst FP&A JR EMEA

The Lead FP&A Analyst is responsible for supporting Joint Replacement (JR) EMEA business activities across financial planning reporting forecasting and performance management while delivering timely and insightful analysis to senior management.

The role operates in a matrix environment and coordinates with a wide range of stakeholders including divisional finance sales and marketing teams country finance EMEA Finance Shared Services and FP&A teams to ensure alignment data quality and on time delivery of financial outputs.

The position supports JR EMEA through core FP&A processes such as month end close reporting dashboards planning and forecasting cycles and management addition the role contributes to process standardization system alignment and continuous improvement across FP&A activities.

Responsibilities

Business Support

• Act as a finance business partner to the JR EMEA organization supporting Actuals Forecast Budget and Strategic Planning activities.
• Be autonomous in managing recurring FP&A activities such as sales reporting R&O tracking and performance monitoring.
• Perform adhoc analyses and financial projects as required to support business decisions (e.g. profitability analysis inventory commissions investments).
• Produce clear decisionoriented analysis and eyeopener insights to influence management action.
• Support divisional finance leadership in projects related to acquisitions integrations or changes in systems processes and reporting.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with divisional finance regional marketing sales leadership and country finance teams.

Reporting

• Provide JR EMEA leadership with accurate and timely financial reporting and analysis.
• Prepare review and interpret operating results including variance analysis versus budget forecast and prior periods.
• Participate in key management reporting cycles including monthend close and Regional/EMEA performance reviews
• Drive standardization and automation of reporting to reduce manual effort and enable greater focus on business partnering.
• Leverage available market and performance data to provide context and insight into business trends and performance.
• Acquisitionrelated P&L tracking nonGAAP support and dealmodel comparisons where applicable.

Other

• Support special projects and adhoc requests as needed.
• Act as a proactive communicator clearly escalating risks issues and dependencies.
• Maintain a continuous improvement mindset identifying opportunities to enhance FP&A processes tools and reporting quality.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field.
• Fluent spoken and written English. Any other European language is a plus
• An accounting qualification (e.g. ACA CPA CIMA or ACCA) is preferred
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in FP&A commercial finance or related finance roles.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently manage competing deadlines and perform under pressure.
• Experience supporting regional or multicountry organizations (EMEA exposure strongly preferred).
• Advanced Excel and presentation skills; experience with Oracles and Power BI is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.