The posting
Company Description
De Beers London is the ultimate diamond jewellery Maison, globally recognised for its leadership and expertise in diamonds. As a challenger in the fine and high jewellery landscape, we offer a distinctive and unparalleled connection to the source, setting us apart with our unique diamond-first approach.
A destination for those seeking the most extraordinary diamond jewellery, De Beers London delivers identifiable, ultra-desirable creations alongside unforgettable service and experiences. Our high jewellery collections showcase the pinnacle of artistry and craftsmanship, celebrating the rarest diamonds through innovative and breathtaking designs.
Job Description
As Finance Analyst at De Beers London, you will play a key role in supporting financial performance, strategic decision-making, and operational excellence across our global business. Partnering closely with commercial, operational, and finance stakeholders, you will be responsible for delivering insightful management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, and business partnering support.
The role will contribute to the development of financial plans, provide robust challenge and analysis around commercial performance, and drive enhanced visibility of key business metrics including sales, margins, operating expenditure, and capital investments. You will take ownership of critical performance reporting and profitability analysis, helping stakeholders understand business drivers, risks, and opportunities while supporting informed decision-making.
In addition, you will support capital expenditure planning and investment appraisal activities, oversee product and channel profitability analysis, contribute to the continuous improvement of financial processes and systems, and help develop reporting tools and dashboards that improve business insight. This role offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and provides an excellent opportunity to influence business performance while contributing to the evolution of a best-in-class FP&A and commercial finance function.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Prepare monthly management reporting packs, including detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, prior year, and strategic plan.
- Analyse financial and operational performance to identify key trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers.
- Support the production of insightful management reporting and business review presentations for senior leadership, translating financial results into clear commercial insights and actionable recommendations.
- Support the delivery of timely, accurate, and consistent financial information to enable effective decision-making and financial control.
- Develop and maintain forecasting models to improve visibility and predict business performance.
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis and scenario modelling to support strategic and operational initiatives.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand performance drivers and recommend actions to improve financial outcomes.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Planning
- Support the annual budget, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes across retail, wholesale, and corporate functions.
- Coordinate planning activities across multiple markets and functions, ensuring submissions are accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
- Challenge assumptions and key planning inputs to ensure forecasts are realistic, robust, and aligned with strategic objectives.
- Consolidate regional and functional plans and prepare presentations for senior management review.
- Produce detailed Plan vs Prior Year, Plan vs Forecast, and Plan vs Budget analyses, highlighting key business drivers and risks.
- Support the development of driver-based planning models and continuous enhancements to the planning process.
- Assist stakeholders in identifying actions to mitigate sales shortfalls, cost pressures, and other business risks.
Commercial Finance & Business Partnering
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to commercial, operational, and functional stakeholders.
- Provide financial insight and challenge to support decision-making, strategic initiatives, and business performance improvement.
- Support the evaluation of new business opportunities, partnerships, and commercial initiatives through financial modelling and investment analysis.
- Build strong relationships with international markets and central functions, promoting consistency in reporting, planning, and performance management.
Product, Channel & Margin Analysis
- Own and enhance product, category, channel, and customer profitability reporting.
- Analyse gross margin performance, identifying key drivers of variances including pricing, sales mix, product costs, and volume movements.
- Monitor profitability trends and provide recommendations to improve margins and overall business performance.
- Develop reporting and dashboards that improve visibility of sales, margin, and profitability performance across the business.
- Deliver regular insight into product and channel performance, highlighting opportunities for growth and efficiency.
Capital Expenditure (Capex) & Investment Appraisal
- Support the annual Capex budgeting and forecasting process.
- Monitor capital expenditure against approved budgets and provide regular reporting on project performance and spend.
- Partner with project owners to track delivery of expected benefits and investment outcomes.
- Support preparation of investment committee papers and presentations for management approval.
Management Reporting & Month-End Activities
- Coordinate month-end close activities with Financial Accounting teams to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
- Review actual results and validate financial performance across markets and business units.
- Prepare and maintain monthly performance dashboards covering sales, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and key KPIs.
- Deliver meaningful commentary explaining performance against budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Support cost centre owners with financial analysis, cost management, and performance tracking.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, efficiency, and business insight.
Systems, Reporting & Process Improvement
- Maintain and enhance FP&A reporting tools, dashboards, and performance metrics.
- Support the administration and development of OneStream and other financial planning and reporting systems.
- Act as a key contact for system-related support within the FP&A community.
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual reporting and improve analytical capability.
- Participate in finance transformation, system enhancement, and reporting improvement projects.
- Assist with user acceptance testing, process documentation, and training where required.
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of finance processes.
Stakeholder Management
- Build effective working relationships across finance, commercial, and operational.
- Present financial information confidently to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- Take ownership of key workstreams and contribute to the ongoing development of the FP&A function.
Other Responsibilities
- Serve as a key point of contact between central finance functions and regional markets.
- Support both statutory and management reporting requirements as required.
- Contribute to special projects, strategic reviews, and business initiatives.
- Undertake additional responsibilities consistent with the scope and seniority of the role.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, accountability, and commercial focus.
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
- 2+ years of PQE in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Commercial Finance, Management Reporting, or related finance roles.
- Proven experience preparing monthly management accounts, financial reporting packs, and executive-level presentations.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, preferably within a multinational business environment.
- Strong experience performing financial analysis, variance analysis, trend analysis, and profitability assessments.
- Experience working closely with cross-functional stakeholders and business leaders to influence decision-making.
- Previous experience supporting month-end close processes and collaborating with Financial Accounting teams.
- Experience consolidating financial information across multiple markets, business units, or regions.
- Experience working with ERP, consolidation, or planning systems (preferably OneStream, SAP, Oracle, or similar).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, Power Query, and data analysis techniques.
- Financial modelling and forecasting capabilities.
- Excellent PowerPoint skills with the ability to create concise and impactful executive presentations.
- Understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, and cash flow drivers.
- Experience with BI and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar is desirable.
- Knowledge of OneStream planning system is highly desirable.
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, international business environment.
- Experience supporting multiple currency markets within a multinational organization.
- Exposure to retail, wholesale, consumer products, luxury, fashion, or FMCG sectors.
Additional Information
What you’ll get at De Beers
At De Beers Group, our purpose is to Make Life Brilliant — and that starts with supporting our people to thrive at work and beyond with benefits that support your health, time, and financial wellbeing.
- Time that’s yours: 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell leave via our flexible benefits platform.
- A pension that invests in your future: minimum 4% employee contribution plus 11% company contribution (15% total).
- Healthcare you can rely on: company‑funded core Private Medical Insurance (Bupa), with options to upgrade or extend cover.
- Support when life gets busy: 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme, access to a Mental Health First Aider network, and wider wellbeing resources.
- Financial perks & savings: access to our flexible benefits platform, including options such as holiday trading, travel insurance, dental cover, critical illness protection, retail vouchers and more.
- Share schemes: opportunities to participate in Anglo American share plans, including Free Shares, SIP and SAYE.
- Lifestyle perks: employee discounts, staff discount options, and onsite benefits where available (e.g. gym and restaurant facilities).
Benefits may vary and are subject to scheme terms and eligibility.
Our Values
Put Safety First
We consider all risks to people and the environment before proceeding with any activity. We address risks before beginning any activity, even if this means stopping a task. Zero Harm is always our goal.
Be Passionate
We are exhilarated by the product we sell, the challenges we face and the opportunities we create.
Pull Together
Being united in purpose and action, we will turn the diversity of our people, skills and experience into an unparalleled source of strength.
Build Trust
We will always listen first, then act with openness, honesty and integrity so that our relationships flourish
Show we Care
The people whose lives we touch, their communities, nations and the environment we share, all matter deeply to us. We will always think through the consequences of what we do so that our contribution to the world is real, lasting and makes us proud.
Shape the Future
We will find new ways. We will set demanding targets and take both tough decisions and considered risks to achieve them. We will insist on excellent execution and reward those who deliver.
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