Financial Analyst
£40,000 - £53,000
Consumer focussed business, interesting sector, progressive culture, and a great boss!
This is a commercially and operational focussed position, you'll have a platform to really help add commercial value.
To be considered for this role you'll need to be a bright and ambitious Financial Analyst who is studying towards their accounting qualification - CIMA / ACCA.
We are looking for someone who is people-centric with an outgoing personality - being able to really business partner is key.
Role:
- Finance liaison on performance for the Division, adding value through extensive knowledge of operational and financial performance.
- Being a Business Partner with the Teams to drive and challenge P&L and KPIs, whilst providing timely and accurate reporting. Focusing on the links between financial and operational performance.
- Analyse individual and group performance against budget and prior year, providing key insight to the operational teams and assisting them in their decision making.
- Assist in the month end process by providing analysis and commentary for the performance of KPIs in the draft accounts.
- Assisting the budgeting and forecasting for the Business. Providing key support for the Teams in developing a strong budgeting process.
- Key finance and analytical support for future business investment in the Division. This focuses on pre-investment analysis to assist decision making alongside potential payback periods.
- Cost control initiatives to understand the costs in the portfolio and suggesting corrective action to improve future spending.
- Guidance, oversight and review of reports and tasks performed by the Junior Analyst Team
Profile:
- Experience working in a fast-paced, high volume, transaction orientated environment.
- Excellent IT skills and MS Office.
- Advanced Excel knowledge (V Lookups, pivot tables, formulas)
- Building and automating reports
- Working with large data sets
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems
- Significant experience working under pressure meeting strict deadlines.
- Good communication skills as a high level of collaboration required for this role.