Financial & Competitive Intelligence Senior Analyst

Launched in 1998, this pioneering British-born brand has specialised in creating amazing experiences and unforgettable memories - from hotels, city breaks and holidays to theatre, entertainment and spa days. Experts in brightening up online travel, lastminute.com is among the worldwide leaders in the field, helping hundreds of thousands of customers every year find, and do, "whatever makes them pink".

lastminute.com is part of lm group, publicly traded multinational Group, among the worldwide leaders in the online travel industry. Every month, the Group reaches across all its websites and mobile apps (in 17 languages and 40 countries) 60 million unique users that search for and book their travel and leisure experiences. More than 1,200 people enjoy working with us and contribute to provide our audience with a comprehensive and inspiring offering of travel related products and services.

At the heart of our culture is a commitment of inclusion across race, gender, age sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

lastminute.com is looking for a Financial & Competitive Intelligence Senior Analyst reporting to the Manager, Corporate Planning & Control now part of the Corporate Development, Strategic Planning & Control and Investor Relations department. The Team serves as a centralized resource to conduct financial reporting as well as an analytical group that provides insights to internal stakeholders throughout the company.

As a member of the CP&C Team, the Financial & Competitive Intelligence Senior Analyst is an everyday partner of multiple departments at the Corporate level, including: Finance, Growth, Marketing, Human Resources, and Investor Relation.

The Financial & Competitive Intelligence Senior Analyst tackles analytical and operational inquiries by developing thoughtful and incisive analyses and reports that inform decisions and support business needs. Results must be polished and suitable for internal and external presentation.

Are you a financial modelling enthusiast? Do you see problems as positive challenges? Are you eager to deep dive, develop solutions and deliver results for your own and other colleagues’ benefit?

Responsibilities

• You will assist, or lead, in the development of highly dynamic, decision-informing models designed to support a rapidly evolving business;
• You will take on a day-to-day role in the annual budget and forecast process. Work closely with other functions leaders and senior executives for the development of business plans;
• You will design and build models such as the Company Long Term Plan and other sophisticated financial models;
• You will analyse and identify data requirements and proactively engage with other departments or other external parties in order to get what needed to conduct your analysis;
• You will recommend and implement process improvement measures related to financial modelling.
• You will spot and select sources, collect info, meet experts and analyse market data and trends;
• You will conduct scenario analysis based on the observation of microeconomic and macroeconomic trends;
• You will monitor activity of lastminute.com listed competitors and keep your ‘ears open’ hunting for information about lastminute.com non listed competitors;
• You will draft and present to other colleagues, top management and BoD market insights and competitive landscape scenario;
• You will define and set up processes, deliverables and tools for Competitive Intelligence;

Job Qualifications and Skill Sets

• A bachelor’s degree in mathematics, accounting, or finance; master’s degree or diploma in financial planning a plus;
• 3-5 years of working experience in an Advisory firm or a Big Four or a corporation in the Business Planning and Control area and with a specific focus on financial modelling;
• Knowledge of accounting concepts (P&L, Balance sheet, Cash flow) and a solid understanding of financial analysis terminology and best practices;
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel (or similar spreadsheet software), with experience and passion in building financial models;
• A keen eye for detail and an ability to sift through large data sets to extract meaningful information;
• Strategic thinker with the ability to synthesise information from multiple sources into relevant, understandable and actionable insights for different stakeholders;
• Proactive problem solver, expected to present problems and recommendations simultaneously;
• Ability to communicate ideas via reports and presentations, outlining findings and making recommendations;
• Excellent time management skills, including the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines;
• Enthusiastic to apply aptitude to new learning experiences, positive attitude, commitment to excellence and integrity.

Abilities/qualities

• Cross- cultural sensitivity, self-motivated and used to working in a dynamic and fast paced environment;
• Flexibility of working practises and availability during peaks to meet business demands;
• Team oriented, collaborative, humble and eager to learn and grow;
• Proactive approach and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and balance priorities;
• Self-starter who is also capable of collaborating and playing a specific role within teams;
• Comfortable delivering solutions with limited direction and supervision while working in a complex and rapidly evolving business environment.
• Fluency in English is essential

HOW WE APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES

By joining lastminute.com you will meet an inclusive-international environment composed by dynamic cross-cultural teams. We host corporate events to renew our culture and reinforce social relationships. We offer 2 days off per year to all our employees for the purpose of volunteering.

In lastminute.com you can grow thanks to our career journey and our internal mobility perspective. You will get focus time for learning, development and Friday mornings dedicated to deep working. With us you have the opportunity to continuously train thanks to our company platform with different courses to unlock your potential.

In lastminute.com we care about the work-life balance: you will have the chance to manage your own schedule thanks to the flexible start and end of the working day. We have a shorter working week (36h) which allows us to have free Friday afternoons and we work partially or fully remote according to local laws. You can also enjoy extended parental or marriage leave, according to local laws.

Our Benefits include employee discounts on our travel website, a voucher after some years in the company and a welfare platform where you will find dedicated discounts with more than 1500 partners.