Finance Analyst

Join Biomapas as a Finance Analyst and become part of our international team in Kaunas, Lithuania (hybrid work model)

We are looking for a Finance Analyst to strengthen the Finance team, with particular focus on financial planning, forecasting and management reporting.

The role will support and increasingly take ownership of recurring forecasting processes, administration and development of financial forecasting tools, budget preparation, and monthly financial analysis. The Finance Analyst will work closely with the Head of Finance and other Finance team members and will interact with relevant business stakeholders to understand financial performance and translate operational developments into financial insights.

This role is suitable for someone who already has solid experience in financial analysis, FP&A, controlling or a similar finance role and is ready to work with a good degree of independence, without this being a senior or managerial position.

Financial forecasting & planning

• Prepare and maintain monthly financial forecasts, including P&L and relevant underlying operational drivers.
• Coordinate collection and validation of forecasting inputs from Finance and business stakeholders.
• Analyse changes between actuals, previous forecasts, budget and other relevant planning scenarios.
• Identify and explain key financial variances and changes in business performance.
• Support scenario modelling and ad-hoc financial analyses for management.
• Continuously improve forecasting accuracy, structure and efficiency.

Forecasting tools & financial models

• Support the ownership and day-to-day administration of the company's financial forecasting and planning tools.
• Maintain financial models, assumptions, mappings and reporting structures used in forecasting.
• Ensure consistency between source financial data, forecasting models and management reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate or simplify recurring forecasting and analytical processes.
• Participate in implementation, improvement or further development of FP&A and reporting solutions.

Budgeting

• Participate in the annual budgeting process, including preparation of templates, assumptions and financial models.
• Work with Finance and relevant business stakeholders to collect and challenge budget inputs.
• Consolidate budget information and support preparation of the overall company budget.
• Analyse budget movements and support preparation of management-level budget materials.

Monthly financial analysis & management reporting

• Prepare recurring monthly analytical reporting covering financial performance and key business drivers.
• Perform actual vs. budget, actual vs. forecast and forecast vs. previous forecast analysis.
• Investigate significant variances and provide clear explanations of underlying drivers.
• Develop additional analytical views that help management understand financial and operational performance.
• Support preparation of monthly management and Group reporting materials where required.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analyses requested by Finance management.

• Approximately 2–5 years of relevant professional experience in FP&A, financial controlling, management reporting, financial analysis or a similar finance role.
• Practical experience with financial forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis.
• Experience working with financial models and recurring management reporting.
• Experience working with P&L structures and understanding the relationship between operational drivers and financial results.
• Strong Excel skills, including financial modelling, data analysis and working with larger datasets.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, ERP or BI/reporting tools.
• Ability to work with and reconcile data coming from multiple sources.
• Comfortable learning new finance systems and becoming a capable user/administrator of forecasting tools.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query or similar analytical/reporting tools would be an advantage.

Professional capabilities

• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand the drivers behind financial results rather than only produce reports.
• Good attention to detail while being able to identify the key message behind the numbers.
• Ability to independently structure analysis and investigate discrepancies.
• Comfortable working with deadlines associated with monthly reporting, forecasting and budgeting cycles.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
• Proactive approach to improving existing processes and reporting.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.

• Professional growth and career opportunities
• International team and environment
• Bonus based on annual performance
• Personal accident and business trip insurance
• Additional health insurance
• Rewarding referral policies
• Monthly lunch and fruit days
• Team building, global meetings other CSR activities
• Modern and new Sustainable office in city center with parking
• Partly remote work possibility & flexible working hours