Any FP&A analysts out there?

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I did post this in the Work forum but hoping for more traffic here!

I'm currently in a fairly junior management accountant role, recently finished my CIMA exams and looking for the next step.
There is a possibility of an internal move into an FP&A role, supporting the head of FP&A.
I'm interested to hear from anyone who's gone down that route, things you've enjoyed or didn't? Have you stayed in FP&A or moved on to other things?
On the surface it looks like a role I could enjoy but suspect there'd be a bit of a learning curve to start with.
Thanks.

I’m an FP&A analyst and have recently moved across to being a data analyst. I enjoyed financial planning but hated the financial modelling. So much uncertainty and quite stressful when things don’t go the way you thought they would. I’m currently doing cima and hoping to become a financial controller

Thanks for replying Mandofan!
Yes I can see the potential for strees there.

I’m an FP&A analyst and was a management accountant before. You will really need to know your excel stuff to be effective in role, otherwise things will take ages. You also need to be pretty adaptable / flexible when plans inevitably change part way through some modelling.

Do you enjoy your job SamanthaV?
Also, would you say it's a good path to take career wise with regards to employability and the skills you pick up?

I really enjoy it, I’m literally a spreadsheet nerd. I like the variety and finding out first about all the new projects (I do mainly strategic modelling so forward looking rather than backward looking) and it’s nice being free of the month end grind.
I think it’s definitely helpful for some career paths but will depend a bit on the role and the sort of modelling you actually end up doing.

Thank you, that's really helpful.
I'm also a spreadsheet nerd 😆