Description
FINANCE ANALYST
12 Month Contract.
Based in: Wokingham, Berkshire.
Day Rate: up to GBP 251
OVERVIEW:
To provide finance support and business partnering for company Managed Services (a part of the company's Finance UK, Corporate Treasury).
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide finance support and business partnering for the Managed Service business.
- Key responsibilities include sales calculation and reporting support (including true up for customers), inventory monitoring, balance sheet reconciliations, capital expenditure analysis and customer KPI's.
- Support for system enhancements/new customer onboarding
- Involvement in/driving standardisation, process improvement & sharing best practice.
- Promote & support financial awareness and education for business partners.
- Ad hoc tasks & analysis as required.
- There will be extra demands around the month end and quarterly close and reporting deadlines.
- An ability to adjust to changing timetables and short lead times is frequently required.
- Considerable planning, management and involvement is required for each year end close.
- Sarbanes-Oxley requirements/audit timings will dictate work patterns.
- As an integral member of UK finance team there is a requirement to be involved in projects and the implementation of new initiatives.
SKILLS/EXPEREINCE REQUIRED:
- Qualified with professional Accountancy body (eg CIMA, ACCA) with min 4 years post qualified experience.
- 5 years relevant experience working with a finance department.
- A strong understanding of cash flows and project analysis tools.
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills, with an ability to influence people at all levels.
- Attention to detail.
- Highly motivated and proactive.
- Experience of SAP/Ariba/Atticus.
- Advanced spreadsheet skills.
- Ability to contribute and work effectively as part of a team, taking the lead where necessary.
- Methodical approach with a commitment to accuracy & timeliness of analysis.
- Strong continuous improvement mind set.
- Finance Community at all levels across all regions
- Project Members/Stakeholders
Due to the volume of applications, we regret that we can only respond to those meeting our above requirements.