Finance Analyst

Salary: £48,000 – £54,000 per year

Exclusive Finance Analyst role based in Manchester for a leading brand, working with the fast growing technology team on high quality reporting, budgeting and forecasting to Senior stakeholders

Robert Walters are exclusively partnered with a leading brand in Manchester as they embark on exciting period of growth and change. A fantastic role has been created to deliver high quality reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis and work with senior management team to support some key decision making processes. This role will sit in the Technology element which is one of the fasting growing areas of the business.

Key responsibilities

Ensure Technology costs are accurately reported, and variances to budget and forecasts are captured and fully understood
Development of budgets, forecasts and plan
Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual cost KPI reports
Prepare and provide packs/reports to deliver analysis and discuss with the business and decision support team. Gather and interpret cost data to analyse business performance, perform scenario analysis
High level of focus on data quality and accuracy ensuring analysis provided to the decision support team and business partners is of the highest standard
Incorrect data should be fully understood and fed back to the appropriate teams, working together to improve data quality and accuracy
Capture risks and opportunities to improve gross profit for the business
Update process flows, operating manuals, training guides, and standard operating procedures as needed
Support with any ad-hoc data analysis requests e.g. investment appraisals
Drive continuous improvement initiatives; and measure and realise sustainable benefits

The successful candidate will be qualified accountant ( ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a proven background across financial and operational data, with an ability to gather, compile and evaluate data from multiple of sources. Exposure to technology budgets would be advantageous but not essential.