Sewell Wallis are working with one of the most prestigious companies in the area, giving someone a chance to gain experience in an analytical, business partnering and strategic position as a Finance Analyst.
For the Finance Analyst role, you will need a natural affinity for excel - V lookups/Pivots will be second nature! You would benefit from exposure to Power BI and similar platforms, using them within presentations to Senior Management.
What will you be doing?
- Budgets & Forecasts - support with the preparation and presentation of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual budgets and forecasts.
- Business Partnering - working closely with and supporting all functions and non-finance individuals to interpret figures / reports and make recommendations on how to improve the reporting moving forwards to make information accessible to all.
- Reporting - Responsible for regular KPI reporting to provide information to relevant stakeholders and will present information and reports in weekly / monthly / quarterly functional meetings.
- Capex - support local sites coordinating the Capex process to include validation of initial business cases, monthly capex forecasting and post project completion appraisals.
- Inventory Counts - coordination of inventory counts to ensure compliance to internal controls
- Projects - supporting the Finance Manager and site management teams by contributing to or leading projects to improve business performance.
- Safety - to support and drive the Health & Safety culture including ensuring any and all activities of the role are performed in a Safe way.
What skills are we looking for?
- CIMA/ACA/ACCA part qualified and studying towards full certification.
- Analytical background. (required)
- Desire to get involved with the business and not just run finance from spreadsheets.
- Willingness to conduct weekly site visits and represent the finance team on site
- Experience in creating reporting in Power BI or Tableau analytic tools. (desirable)
- Advanced Excel skills with the ability to extract and interpret key information from large data sets.
- Time management and prioritisation in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to demonstrate the ability to engage with and influence stakeholders (both finance and non-finance individuals).
- Full driving license is preferred due to travel element of the role.
What's on offer?
- Study support towards ACCA/CIMA (including two days off per exam taken)
- Car allowance
- Target based bonus scheme
- Westfield health
- Cycle to work
- Volunteer days
- Partial hybrid
Send us your CV below, or contact Hannah Sharp for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.