Finance Analyst
Finance Analyst (12 month fixed-term maternity cover) - Salary - £34,476 - £40,560 (dependent on experience) - Hybrid working.
At OS, our vision is to be recognised as world-leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact. We use our valuable data and know-how to help drive the future success of Britain and other nations. We facilitate important decisions that enhance the quality of life for current and future generations.
Join us and you'll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they could not have done it without us. And to be central to OS's vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.
About the role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Analyst to join our excellent Central Finance team within our wider Corporate Services community. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining financial processes, systems and controls as well as providing analysis on financial performance. This role is key to ensuring we promote effective financial management across OS.
As a Financial Analyst you will support the continual development of controls, procedures, and processes, to ensure accounting entries comply with legislation and statutory audit requirements. This role will also require the support, development and maintenance of systems and corresponding processes to enable effective planning, monitoring, and reporting of financial performance, so it is important you are analytical with diligence.
A key part of this role will be providing stakeholders, across the organisation, with guidance and up to date information, to guarantee compliance with financial policies and to promote understanding of financial information. Working closely with our Finance Business Partners to report accurate financial information for our business units and expert functions, supporting monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting, with analysis of financial variances, providing good data to support future planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
Key skills & experience we are looking for
- Advanced Excel skills
- Self-starter & Team player
- Microsoft D365 experience desired but not essential
- Expertise in reporting solutions for example Power BI desirable
- Ability to effectively plan & prioritize work, meeting deadlines in fast paced environment
- Strong analytical skills, questions data & looks for root cause
Here is a snapshot of the technologies that we use
- Microsoft D365, Microsoft office, Huddle, Workday, Inflo, Power BI
The Rewards
We want you to love what you do. That is why our benefits package rewards a job well done.
- Salary - £34,476 - £40,560 (dependent on experience)
- Performance related bonus up to 10%
- A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)
- 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays (3 taking over Christmas)
- Paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
- Free subscription to OS Maps
- Access to online learning platforms
- Coaching and Mentoring schemes
- Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits
At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like
- An extra days' leave for each year you work, up to 33 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Hybrid working
- Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton
- We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
- Eyecare Vouchers
- OS Explorers Nursery discount
- Cycle to Work scheme
Location: We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to spend one or two days a week with the remaining time being a personal choice as to whether you work from home or spend more time at OSHQ.
Security
OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some of our roles require additional security clearance, including to SC or DV level in some cases. We will tell candidates at the appropriate time during the recruitment process if additional clearance will be required for this role.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.
We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together - in an encouraging and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We believe combining diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way.
We are looking for enthusiastic people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.
We're individually talented and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.