Finance Analyst

Our client is seeking an impressive Finance Analyst to join their international business with offices based in Kidlington, near Oxford.

Client Details

Our client is a hugely successful international business offering clear career development opportunities alongside their accountancy studies.

Description

The Finance Analyst will have a wide range of duties including:

Reporting & Controls

• Analyse, challenge and interpret the month end results to provide detailed analysis and insight into variances.
• Produce bridging and commentary between Actuals, Budgets and Forecasts. Understand the causes for large variances, provide documented commentary and challenge the variances with the sites.
• Production and distribution of the Global daily & weekly sales and margin reporting along with periodic group reporting submissions.
• Provide and interpret sales, margin, overhead and working capital trends and variances within the sites and offer timely challenge where required.
• Provide support with the production and distribution of the month end reporting pack.
• Prepare and review relevant Control files to ensure accuracy of data & postings along with detailed audit trail of periodic values
• Develop value adding reporting and review processes and procedures where required to ensure efficiency and timeliness of information.

Forecasting & planning

• Review in conjunction with regional management quarterly forecasts and budgets and ensure submission into the Group reporting systems within the deadlines set.
• Support the forecast and annual budget process within the sites under guidance from the Head of FP&A, ensuring numbers are pressure tested and financial integrity of the numbers.

Business Partnering

• Gain buy in from operational managers and become a credible part of the regional commercial and operations teams as well as an integral part of the finance team.
• Build relationships and understand the commercial aspects of the business to become the key finance point of contact for European businesses
• Providing support to local finance teams where necessary by understanding month end processes, systems and controls.
• Support investment appraisals within the sites and offer guidance where required, as well as helping to identify and track benefits arising from investment opportunities.
• Supporting the wider region, providing analysis, challenge and commercial support to the business to improve business performance and aid decision making.
• Manage profit enhancement plans to ensure delivery of gross margin and operating profit targets.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and ensure they are driven through to completion.
• Work with the Head of FP&A and other analysts to ensure consistency of approach and sharing of best practise globally.
• Provide support to the FP&A with ad-hoc projects and analysis, as and when required to ensure the business makes the correct, commercial decisions

Profile

Our client is currently seeking a FP&A Finance Business Analyst to join their Commercial FP&A Finance team providing analysis, challenge and commercial support to the business to improve business performance and aid decision making.

The Finance Analyst role is a key part of the team partnering a business with sites across multiple countries globally and needs to effectively influence upwards to their key contacts/stakeholders. This role will be responsible for detailed financial analysis of c 50% of the European business.

• Part Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with good academics.
• Previous experience within a similar finance role.
• Experience of working in fast paced, dynamic environments.
• Ability to work with non-financial stakeholders to provide value adding financial support, challenge and analysis
• Experience of working with stakeholders of differing levels of seniority up to and including directors.
• To work as part of a larger team and at times be prepared to take on work outside of the role as required helping the team meet deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills to enable manipulation of multiple data sources to deliver detailed analytics
• Comfortable using numerous accounting packages with a good understanding of systems
• Good Powerpoint skills and comfortable presenting to management
• Ability to demonstrate Influencing skills across colleagues of differing levels, both internal & external to finance
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously.
• Proactive in identifying areas of improvement and working on own initiative.
• Able to work effectively under pressure

Job Offer

The salary on offer is between GBP38,000 and GBP43,000 dependent upon level of qualification and experience plus a generous benefits package.