Commercial Finance Analyst

Salary: £66,000 – £72,000 per year

Commercial Finance Analyst

£55,000 – £60,000 depending on experience

Cheshire

My client has a fantastic opportunity for a Commercial Finance Analyst working primarily in a hybrid role in both a remote and in then in their offices in Cheshire. You will be reporting directly into the Finance and Operations Director, the key responsibilities for the Commercial Finance Analyst will be to carry out weekly financial reconciliations between used data and the primary systems to ensure integrity of the data, as well as providing clients with MI and reports within the agreed SLA.

Principal Responsibilities:

* Build a detailed understanding of the P&L, articulating the results and key income drivers to stakeholders in the functional teams across all of their group businesses.

* Provide modelling support for business cases/investments.

* Evaluate business cases for investment decisions, challenging key assumptions and ensuring compliance with governance processes.

* Evaluate and challenge on the performance of sales, net income and direct costs.

* Produce insightful month end variance analysis to inform upwards reporting to the leadership team.

* Input to the budgeting and forecasting process for the function within the guidelines and timetable;

* Developing and managing robust templates and models for input of budget submissions.

* Review and challenge of submission.

* Ensure alignment of phased budgets with weekly product targets.

* Prepare presentation materials for lead team and Board reviews.

Qualifications required:

* Broad range of accountancy and financial skills – fully qualified accountant with CCAB recognised qualification (e.g., ACA, CIMA, ACCA).

Skills Required:

* Analytical skills, with the ability to effectively summarise and interpret data to senior non-finance business leaders.

* Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.

* Commercial acumen.

* Communication and influencing.

* Collaboration and teamwork.

It would also be helpful is the successful candidate has experience of working within the Payments, Retail, Utilities or Telecom sector.