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Finance Analyst
- Posted 29 November 2021
- Salary £150.00 - £200.00 per day
- LocationHatfield
- Job type Temporary
- Discipline Accounting & Finance
- ReferenceJEH/123774_1638188951
- Contact NameJoanna Engel
Job description
Global Organisation is seeking a Financial Analyst to join their team on a temporary assignment. Working within a financial planning and analysis team, the Financial Analyst l will be responsible for controlling and reporting the financials of delivery units generating 30% of the organisations business in UK. This Finance Analyst Financial will have an active role being part of a business-critical function responsible for submitting forecast, budget, actuals, ad hoc and other projection reports to the controlling group and Senior Managers in UK monthly. The role requires a detailed oriented individual who is proactive, enthusiastic, and ready to get stuck in with a busy team together with a proven track record of delivering accurate reporting in a time pressured environment, supporting executive level decision making. Great opportunity to grow within the company
Duties of the Financial Analyst include:
- Preparing, analysing, and reporting key variances in monthly finances to senior management team
- Perform accounting closing duties within SAP, reconcile and submit monthly actual results into group reporting systems
- Partnering with operations team and preparing monthly rolling forecast, analysing, and reporting on trends
- Preparing for finance calls to review business unit performance with management team
- Collaborate across the finance department to increase efficiency in financial processes that cross departmental lines and ensure robust controls are in place
- Identify and report on key financial drivers impacting the productivity within the delivery units
- Develop and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external customers
- Review and challenge business owners on contract performance and cost spends as required whilst supporting to fully understand their financial performances
- Continually support business owners to evaluate the effectiveness of operational procedures and controls to maximize departmental productivity and minimise error
- Coordinate, collate, submit annual budget presentation slides
- Set and implement delivery unit cross charge rates on an annual basis
- Ad hoc duties
The Finance Analyst will display the following qualities:
- Ability to work diligently on deadlines with a positive attitude, enthusiastic and should have high level of concentration and ability to isolate accounting issues and rectify it
- Detail oriented with strong desire to exceed expectations
- Advanced knowledge of financial ratios and concepts
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel with the ability to use functions
- Preferably has used SAP in previous roles
This role also comes with an offer of a post probation study support package and competitive benefits