Alexander Daniels are proud to be recruiting for a Junior Finance Analyst on behalf of a large manufacturing operation based in Telford on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting into the Finance Director, you will be expected to have a good understanding of the business and the various sectors that their products are sold into in order to analyse trends, put forward new, and challenge existing strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Compose a set of monthly reports from the trial balance
- Sales and margin analysis based on the order intake
- Variance analysis with commentary for the cost centre holder
- Stock analysis and provide month end stock reports including stock adjustment analysis
- Provide support and cover for the Finance Manager and Assistant Accountant as needed
- Support with external audits
- Provide adhoc analysis and reporting to assist colleagues with understanding financial information
- Continuous data cleansing
- Support forecasting and variance analysis to budgets throughout the business
- Identify and investigate areas to improve company profitability
This role would suit a candidate who is experienced in the manufacturing industry, able to interpret and manipulate data. You must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as being a confident user of Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPs as a minimum). Power BI and/or SAP experience would also be an advantage but by no means essential.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business with a truly flexible, collaborative and inspiring culture offering great training and learning resources and commitment to your personal development. They also offer a generous family leave package as well as other excellent benefits including;
- 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays which increases with length of service
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Pay and Grandparents Leave
- Life Insurance x 4 annual salary
- Defined Contributions Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program - financial, physical & wellbeing support
- Employee discount shopping platform
- Long term career progression