Finance Analyst

Finance Analyst Role - Hammersmith

Purpose of role:

To work within the Planning & Reporting Team to ensure timeliness, accuracy and reliability of monthly actual financial information for the Europe and Africa region.

Responsibilities, including but not limited to:

• Assisting with the collection of financial information from the businesses within Europe and Africa
• Consolidation of monthly USGAAP financial statements in parallel with corporate requirements
• Collating information for monthly and quarterly supplementary submissions
• Making a proactive contribution to progressively improve reporting speed and quality to all stakeholders
• Assisting with establishing and maintaining planning and reporting processes in respect of new lines of business
• Co-ordinating and monitoring responses from Europe & Africa teams for regular and ad-hoc reporting requirements
• Supporting management of Planning & Reporting with supplementary analysis and ad hoc requests Europe & Africa regional management.
• Supporting the monthly recharges of European Regional costs to all territories within the region
• Monitoring the status of actual recharges against budget and ensuring the correct allocation
• Working with Europe & Africa local finance teams to ensure consistent and accurate reporting in compliance with Group policies, local and US GAAP
• Promoting a robust control environment across the Europe & Africa region
• Supporting Europe & Africa local finance teams with Peoplesoft to ensure effective utilisation of the system by all teams

Ad hoc as required with other projects from Europe & Africa Regional Finance team

Person Profile:

• Qualified Accountant with 5+ years of commercial PQE experience within finance
• Excellent team player, who consistently displays a positive attitude
• IT literate with strong Excel skills and accounting systems knowledge
• Good interpersonal skills to communicate both within the Financial Reporting team and with a range of people across various countries
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with experience of managing multiple deadlines
• Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• Proactive, with quick understanding of the business model
• Proven track records with playing a key role in projects.
• Use of Hyperion reporting systems desirable