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Join World of Books on a mission to become the Planet's Bookstore by enhancing financial processes.
Overview
Salary
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Location
London, UK
Expires
Organisation summary World of Books is a leading global seller of quality used books, pioneers in re-use and recycling, and a B-Corp business for good.
Role Summary
- Automating reporting and building fixes for trustworthy monthly numbers.
- Reconciling outputs between financial and trading/BI systems.
- Eliminating manual processes slowing down the team.
- Supporting commercial analysis, reforecast consolidation, and ad hoc requests.
Role Requirements
- Track record in finding and automating manual reporting/planning steps.
- Experience fixing discrepancies between financial and operational/trading systems.
- Hands-on experience with CPM/EPM platforms (e.g., Vena, Anaplan, TM1).
- High attention to detail and ability to work independently.
F,P&A Analyst
6-month Fixed Term Contract
Most analyst roles in finance focus on keeping things running. This one's about making them better — automating our reporting and building the fixes that make the numbers trustworthy, every month, without the manual patch-up.
About World of Books
We're on a mission to become the Planet's Bookstore. Founded in 2002 to give books a second life, we've grown into the world's largest seller of used books — reaching millions of customers across the UK, US and Hungary. We're a certified B Corp, and we've scaled profitably with investment from Livingbridge since 2021.
The Opportunity
Our FP&A team produces reliable management reporting and board-level analysis, but as the business has grown, so has the complexity behind it. This six-month FTC gives us dedicated capacity to automate reporting, simplify processes, and strengthen how data flows between our financial reporting and trading platforms.
You'll report to our Senior FP&A Manager, take ownership of reconciling outputs between Vena (our CPM platform) and our trading/BI systems, and eliminate the manual steps that slow the team down. Financial systems experience is what matters most here — if you've owned Anaplan, TM1, Adaptive Insights, OneStream, Hyperion or similar, the skills transfer directly.
What You'll Be Doing
Map the team's reporting calendar and eliminate manual steps — extracts, consolidations, validations — through platform configuration, scripting and AI tooling. Investigate and resolve discrepancies between Vena and our trading/BI systems, fixing root causes rather than symptoms. Build reliable, repeatable reconciliation processes the team can trust — and keep using after your contract ends. Support the wider FP&A team with commercial analysis, reforecast consolidation and ad hoc requests across Supply, Demand and Operations.
What We're Looking For
A track record of finding manual steps in reporting and planning, and building automation to eliminate them. Experience navigating discrepancies between financial reporting and operational or trading systems — and fixing them structurally, not patching month by month. Hands-on experience building, maintaining or administering a CPM/EPM platform (Vena, Anaplan, TM1, Adaptive Insights, OneStream, Hyperion or similar). High attention to detail — you sense-check your own outputs before they reach senior stakeholders. Initiative and ownership: comfortable working independently and navigating ambiguity.
Why Join World of Books?
We work as one team, collaborating across every function. We're customer-obsessed — everything we build delivers value. We simplify, move fast and deliver results. We protect the environment — sustainability is core to what we do.
Read more, waste less. Apply today.
