Title: Business Analyst
Location: Dunstable
Contract: 12 months FTC
Hybrid working: 3 days a week in the office
This is an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to take on a broad and visible role within our FP&A & Corporate Finance team. You’ll help translate our long-term plans into budgets and forecasts, develop new site modelling and provide insight across a range of reporting and planning activities. With significant exposure to stakeholders across Finance and the wider organisation, the role would suit someone who combines strong analytical capability with excellent relationship-building and communication skills.
What you’ll be doing
- Support the Group budget, forecasting and five-year business planning process across the UK and Germany, working with Finance teams to understand key assumptions and business drivers.
- Review financial outputs, analyse variances and model scenarios and sensitivities to test the robustness of plans and provide meaningful insight.
- Enhance and develop new site and Germany planning models, improving processes, Excel modelling and reporting outputs.
- Provide timely and insightful reporting to senior stakeholders, supporting the wider FP&A team with KPI reporting, planning and external guidance messaging.
- Support wider corporate projects and ad-hoc analysis, helping answer key business questions and continuously improve FP&A processes.
Why you'll love it here
Bonus 20%
Pension Up to 10% matched
Branded discounts up to 60% off Premier inn or Hub stays
What you’ll need
- A qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) with a degree-level education or equivalent experience.
- Strong financial modelling and advanced Excel skills, with the ability to analyse large volumes of data and translate them into clear, meaningful insights.
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, ideally within a multi-site, property-focused or similarly complex business.
- A highly analytical and methodical approach, with strong attention to detail and a good understanding of accounting and investment principles.
- Excellent organisation and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently and build effective relationships with stakeholders across the business.
Skills Required
- Qualified accountant with CIMA, ACCA, or ACA qualification
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience
- Strong financial modelling skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to analyse large volumes of data and translate findings into meaningful insights
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Strong understanding of accounting and investment principles
- Excellent organisation and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently
- Ability to build effective stakeholder relationships
- Experience in a multi-site, property-focused, or similarly complex business
What We Do
Whitbread is a UK hospitality company that owns and operates Premier Inn, the country’s largest hotel brand, alongside restaurant brands including Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Bar + Block, Cookhouse and Pub, and Table Table. Its business spans more than 1,200 hotels and restaurants across the UK, with a growing hotel presence in Germany and the Middle East, serving millions of guests through recognizable hospitality brands.
