Finance & Operations Analyst

My client is a leading international academic publishing company who are currently recruiting a Finance & Operations Analyst.

Overall Role Summary
This is an exciting new position, based in the business and responsible for supporting understanding and decision making through the provision and communication of clear financial analysis and insight. The role encompasses a level of both regular analysis and ad hoc projects, providing insights into many aspects of business performance, including revenue, costs, working capital, cash flow, acquisitions and a variety of key performance indicators.

Key Accountabilities
• The preparation of certain regular monthly divisional management information reports for the Board;
• The analysis of monthly divisional level income and expenditure statements;
• Regular reviews and analysis of forecasts submitted by the operating businesses;
• Enhancing and conducting regular working capital and cash flow reviews;
• The development and maintenance of strategic and operating key metric reporting;
• Supporting a revised business planning and budgeting process;
• Working with the operating businesses to enhance the focus on and understanding of quarterly results;
• Supporting the Chief Operating Officer in a variety of divisional and group commitments and projects;
• Supporting business Finance Directors through assistance with acquisition due diligence;
• Providing ad hoc analytical support to other operating functions.

Knowledge and Experience Required
• Qualified accountant;
• Strong and demonstrable experience of reviewing balance sheets and working capital;
• Experienced at building relationships and communicating at all levels and across business functions;
• Strong Excel skills and an interest and ability in working with other finance systems;
• Industry experience is not essential but experience of working in a global organisation is advantageous

Skills and Behaviours required
• An inquisitive, curious and interested approach;
• Ability to manage a variety of tasks to a variety of deadlines, both regular and ad hoc;
• Ability to communicate clearly with finance and non-finance staff in the business;
• A conscientious attention to detail when analysing and understanding an issue combined with the ability to extract the key points when communicating with senior management;
• Ability to work as part of small project teams;
• Ability to provide clear analysis and reports to senior management.

In return my client is offering a salary of c. £60,000 for this role, up to 10% bonus earned on personal performance, a full benefits package and 25 days’ holiday.

True Recruitment Solutions Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.