Finance Analyst
£60,000 - £65,000 + 15% bonus & excellent benefits
Aila is exclusively partnered with one of the most successful businesses in Hertfordshire with an impressive growth story and a culture that is hard to match. They've always offered development and progression opportunities for staff, and they have an incredibly impressive retention rate.
They are a leading employer of choice in the area and have achieved substantial success by investing in their people. They have been awarded a place in the top 30 Best Big Companies to Work for in the Sunday Times for recognition of excellence in the workplace.
We're supporting on the recruitment of an ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified Accountant to join the team on a permanent basis, providing practical support, commercially astute financial advice and accounting information to Managers and field teams in order that they can correctly interpret P&L reports, understand the impact, and effectively manage their profit margin.
This is a key role within the operational finance team of a £2bn+ business with an excellent history of success and impressive growth projections.
Key Responsibilities:
- Attend P&L meetings with the Regional Directors, Area, and Managers to provide financial support and analysis, exploring concerns and offering potential solutions.
- Follow up and investigate queries from Managers to ensure the accuracy of the financial accounts
- Periodic reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, ensuring integrity is maintained through reconciliations to confirm financial controls.
- Work with the Reporting Lead in the design and development of sustainable reporting solutions
- Developing analytical skills and providing insightful knowledge that leads to business improvements
- Coach Managers in the effective interpretation of their P&L reports to achieve the required margin in either a group or on a one-to-one basis as required
- Provide financial support to managers and ensure compliance in accounting for concur spend.
- Preparation of financial information, including the periodic managements accounts.
- Review trends and challenge current performance within the Regions and the wider business, facilitating the implementation of best practice.
- Establishing excellent working relationships with Teams, Management, and Internal Support Departments
- Responsible for managing and responding to each site in respect of their profit and loss
- Coach and transfer knowledge within the Finance Team to improve productivity
- Support budget holders in their understanding of actual periodic costs
- Provide financial support to managers and ensure compliance in accounting
- Liaise with internal and external auditors at half yearly and annual audits.
- Ad hoc analysis as required by supporting the business with information for decision making.
To be successful in this role, you will be a qualified accountant with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interpret key P&L trends and relay these to non-finance. You will naturally have advanced Excel and be highly analytical with the ability to draw insights from complex data and provide meaningful analysis and commentary.
Aila is a specialist finance recruitment business that was established with a modern vision of what a recruitment partner should be. With a genuine goal to provide the best jobs to the best people, we operate as an extended arm of our client's business and a career coach for our candidates ongoing development.
Apply now for more information on this role. If you're looking to make a move but this role is different to what you're looking for, get in contact with us today and start a partnership with a finance agency that puts you first.