Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Salary: £30,000 per year

At Sims Lifecycle Services, we believe progress is driven by our people.

If you’re set on making real change for tomorrow, we have the scale, resources, and ambition to make it happen now.

’s an extraordinary time to work with us. SLS is the global leader in circular cloud solutions. We will continue to drive circular economy initiatives with our clients to improve environmental outcomes and business results.

To achieve it, we’re bringing together people with unique stories, perspectives, backgrounds, and talent – and we need yours too!

Seeking a highly motivated Finance Analyst interested in partnering with the business to deliver performance-based analytics and provide key strategic insights to the management team. This role will further play a fundamental part in driving efficiencies through contribution to ongoing improvements in systems and processes. While we look for somebody with a strong technical background, and data management skills, we are also looking for strong communication skills and an analytical mind set. For this role we can consider flexible working with a possible one day a week at a Sims location to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities

* Detailed revenue and profitability analysis on our offices, clients, and customers.

* Identifying areas for performance improvement – creating key insights to drive innovation and efficiency.

* KPI performance and benchmarking – continuously review, develop, and improve.

* Analyst presentations to the management teams and supporting managers through improvement implementations.

* Extracting and validating system data to improve the accuracy of our business analysis data warehouse.

* Support global finance and business improvement projects.

* Support the EU budgeting and forecasting processes.

* Support in producing monthly business analysis and reporting packages.

* Assist with Competitor profiling and analysis initiatives.

* Build and maintain strong and effective relationships with business leaders including Senior Management, Operations, and Commercial teams

Key Skills/Competencies

* Strong communication skills – both verbal and written

* Accurate and high attention to detail

* Proven initiative and ability to think laterally to contribute to ongoing improvements in systems and processes

* Strong problem solving and analytical abilities with a quantitative aptitude; intellectual curiosity with the ability to exercise judgment

* Effective planning, organisation, and time management skills

* Team player – willing to be part of a team and supportive of other team members

Qualifications

* Degree level in finance, accounting, or similar discipline – qualification by experience will also considered

* Part qualified accountant and member of a professional body

* Previous experience in a management accounting/analyst role

* Analytical and highly numerate

* Experience with business analytics tools such as PowerBi would be beneficial

* Excellent Microsoft office skills – in particular Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio