Finance Analyst

Somerset  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Finance Analyst

Bristol

6 months Contract

Job Overview

  • Develop a strong and effective team delivering key financial forecasting, along with insightful performance reporting and analysis
  • Actively contribute to the development of the team capabilities, through coaching, development, and learning experiences either for Direct Reports or via sharing knowledge and support of the wider team
  • Proactively get to know the business area supported, enabling a credible platform to provide high quality insight and challenge.
  • Ensure excellent stakeholder engagement and expectation management across all deliverables
  • Support activities through design and delivery of changes to forecasting/reporting methodologies, in order to drive greater understanding, efficiency and standardisation
  • Co-ordinate the production of standard deliverables to the agreed format, timeline and quality. These will be supported by clear and focused messaging that supports the business area objectives.
  • Deliver an accurate, efficient and transparent forecast which meets finance and business stakeholder requirements
  • Review, challenge and develop a detailed understanding of the key inputs into the forecast process
  • Produce insightful reporting and supporting analysis to ensure the business understands variances to plan and any future risk/opportunity is quantified.
  • Work collaboratively with Finance Partners, R2R teams and align on key variances, core performance metrics and planning assumptions
  • Responsible for engagement with relevant stakeholders across finance and the business
  • Apply Company's standards of Financial Control to processes to ensure key financial processes are structured to deliver accuracy and financial integrity

Competencies and Qualifications

  • Capable of managing multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment and delegating work effectively to meet tight deadlines
  • Motivated by continuous improvement and high quality output
  • Able to lead through a period of change, working flexibly for the good of the business
  • Excellent communicator with strong analytical skills and ability to translate complex financial analysis into commercial insight
  • Expertise in developing and maintaining large models, and analysing data
  • Develops a understanding of the business in order to translate operational drivers into accurate accounts and reports
  • Ability to pro-actively develop positive and highly effective working relationships, engaging key senior stakeholders as necessary to achieve desired outcomes
  • Strong strategic thinking - able to step away from the detail to see the bigger picture and help shape the future
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to effectively challenge the business.
  • Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months
From
Pontoon
Published at
17.11.2018
Project ID:
1668715
Contract type
Freelance
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