Description
A MARKET LEADING Blue Chip client in Warwick require an accomplished Fully Qualified CIMA/ACCA Finance Analyst to join them immediately. You must be able to start immediately or worst case 1 week notice and have accomplished financial analysis experience within a blue chip organisation.
Location: Warwick (1 day a week in Solihull also required)
Duration: 6 Month initial contract
Interviews: Must be available 30th/31st May
Notice Period: Immediate availability required
Start Date: Early June
Key Skills & Experience:
- Accomplished Financial Analysis experience within a blue chip organisation essential
- CIMA OR ACCA qualified
- Accomplished high level modelling experience is vital
- Accomplished cost modelling/accounting experience
- Accomplished Stakeholder management experience to a high level
- Any appreciation of SAP a bonus but not essential.
The Role:
An accomplished Finance Analyst is required to challenge and improve the process for assessing the value of work done on IT projects. The Finance Analyst will perform an audit of estimated cost to completion, identifying control weaknesses and raising and reporting on recommendations for new controls. You will build up a robust process for producing project forecasts that can be operated by project managers. Importantly the Finance Analyst will build a new Excel model to track project costs and forecasts, splitting costs across difference businesses. The Analyst will have proven modelling experience to a high level and ideally will have been involved in cost modelling previously. 1 day a week is required to work in Solihull but Warwick will be the base site.
Other Responsibilities will include:
- Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts etc) taking into account company's goals and financial standing
- Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance
- Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
- Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking and process analysis
- Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
- Identify trends, advise company and recommend actions to a senior financial analyst based on sound analysis
- Track and determine financial status by analysing actual results in comparison with forecasts
- Reconcile transactions by comparing and correcting data
- Gain and update job knowledge to remain informed about novelty in the field
- Consult with management to guide and influence long term and strategic decision making within the broadest scope
- Drive process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function
If you are immediately available and feel you are a great fit for this position then APPLY NOW for instant consideration.