Finance Analyst, Network Comms

London  ‐ Onsite
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Our finance team is responsible for the management of a cost base in excess of $500m and revenues in excess of $150m. You will provide financial decision support to the Network Communications management team, ensuring that the business has full visibility of its finances to allow it to achieve its short-term and longer-term cost and revenue objectives. The team is supported by Accounting Services who are responsible for making all accounting entries and closing the books. They provide the team with reporting packs that are then used for any analysis that is required to support the business.

Responsibilities:
* Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support management decision making on strategic and commercial options
* Provide support to track key investments against business case to understand performance of the investments against expectations
* Support the Director of Finance in producing monthly commentary and reporting, including input to the monthly deck that is presented to the management team
* Produce regular short term forecasts to assess the current period outlook and highlight risks against budget
* Work on 18 month and 5 year plans that include the impact of all strategic initiatives.

Essential Skills:
* Highly motivated, proactive and able to work independently
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Ability to influence and build successful relationships with business partners to help drive improvements
* Confidence to challenge key numbers and assumptions from the business to ensure the integrity of results and forecasts
* Ability to present complex data into a clear, concise executive-level summary
* Ability to prioritise own work load and to work to tight deadlines
* Proficiency in Excel to intermediate level, PowerPoint and Word are essential
* Graduate with a strong academic background
* Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Desirable Skills:
* Experience of a complex organisation and cost base is desirable
* Candidates with experience in Communications field will be prioritised

Start date
ASAP
Duration
3-6 months
From
Generic Network
Published at
14.09.2011
Project ID:
237672
Contract type
Freelance
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