Senior Finance Analyst
Stratford, London 2 days per week, with 3 days per week WFH
Salary - £75k + 5% performance related bonus
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Finance Analyst to Join Robert Walters as a Workforce Consultant. As an Employed Workforce Consultant, you will benefit from permanent employment with Robert Walters and will be deployed on an interim or project basis into our clients' organisations, in return we will provide you with an opportunity to develop your skills with ongoing training and professional accreditations.
Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, this role will be of interest to a qualified accountant with significant post-qualified experience in business partnering, budgeting, forecasting, management accounting and third-party contract management.
The role sits within the Finance division, an integral part of our clients' business, responsible for looking after the finances and working environment, protecting the business' reputation and enabling it to meet its objectives.
This role has responsibility for supporting the organisation's Operations, Legal Division, Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Oversight.
Operations provides the platform and tools to enable the organisation to deliver on its statutory objectives. Operations work in partnership with the rest of the organisation to provide specialist support across a wide range of areas to deliver quality services and value for money.
What does the division do:
Operations
Operations aims to deliver quality services and support to the organisation and become trusted partners - bringing solutions to the table to develop and shape 'Stewards' of the business.
Legal Division
Provides advice and legal services across the full spectrum of business activities, whether regulatory, policy, enforcement or operational
Enforcement Legal - Supports Enforcement with its regulatory, civil and criminal litigation. Advises on Enforcement policy and is responsible for international co-operation and policy in Enforcement matters
Regulatory Corporate Legal - Provides legal advice and support to the business on all non-Enforcement activities, including regulatory, policy and operational matters
Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance Division supports the Board and Executive Committees, Decision-Making Committees and Independent Panels.
Risk and Compliance Oversight
R&CO's vision is an effective second line of defence for the business, working with each of the Divisions to ensure the management of Own Risks (operational, execution and public confidence risks) is effective to enable the business to successfully manage Risks of Harm and, hence, help ensure it achieves its statutory objectives.
Responsibilities include:
- Responsible for providing Finance Business Partnering to the Divisions (at Director and HoD level) and subdivisions, covering the financial performance of the business areas
- Preparation and provision of financial management information to provide insight for strategic decision making and forward planning, presentations at Senior Leadership Team meetings and leading the planning process for specified business areas
- Highlight risks and opportunities to support ED, Directors and HoDs to manage the financial position within the budget envelopes for each area
- Responsible for ad hoc requests to support financial management for each area as a Senior finance analyst
- Lead on providing financial and data analysis and insight
- Act as the control point for the Division's spend and recruitment in line with the delegated budget
- Lead in improvements in resource management practices across the Division and provide expertise to senior level stakeholders
- Provide stakeholders with expert, fact-based financial management advice, strengthening and managing key stakeholder relationships
- Regularly train and coach colleagues in the Division, at all levels, on our financial management processes
- Pre-empt, and proactively follow up and resolve ad-hoc financial management issues. Produce Forward looking MI and financial analysis
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the division, and other business areas within the business.
Required Skills:
- Qualified accountant - 3-5 years PQE
- Strong business partnering skills with the ability to present financial MI on a regular basis to senior stakeholders
- Strong excel and financial modelling skills (Scenario Analysis) with the ability to work with and manipulate large volumes of data
- Proficient in process improvement and developing dashboards to visualise financial analysis
- Experienced in forming and maintaining effective working relationships with peers, management, and stakeholders across the organisation
- Experienced communicator, capable of presenting analysis clearly and effectively to a variety of recipients, orally and in writing
- Ability to assess and analyse voluminous and/or data-heavy bodies of information, scenario, and financial modelling, exercising judgement on the information available and being able to defend those judgements where appropriate, including to senior management
- Technical accounting guidance - Provide guidance on accounting for costs, provide approval for contract, purchase orders and month end journals within Operations
- Ability to influence stakeholders and working constructively with decisions made by others, including when disagreeing with the decision made
Desirable:
- 5 years Finance business partnering experience
- Experienced in using dashboard systems for Finance MI (Workday, Tableau, Power BI and Office connect)
- Prior experience working in an operations division.
We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require accommodations because of disability or health condition, please email: gscemeaedi @ robertwalters.com. This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line.