Finance analyst

Finance Analyst
up to £40k depending on exams and experience
Hybrid
West End

I have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Graduate with at least 12 months experience in a commercial finance role to join the UK's leading Luxury Retailer. This role offers great opportunities for personal and career development. Please email a copy of your CV to shendl.van-wyk@investigo.co.uk

As a Finance Analyst, you will support the Finance Manager and the wider team in providing effective financial challenge and support to business partners. Your role will be crucial in delivering timely and clear financial information to aid decision-making across the business.

As a Finance Analyst, you will:

• Produce timely, detailed, and clear analysis to support business areas in understanding performance
• Provide concise commentary on sales, costs and overall performance, including recommendations for improvement
• Contribute to month-end routines of management accounts, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
• Identify risks and opportunities against budget, suggesting mitigation strategies and ways to capitalise on opportunities
• Undertake analysis for potential initiatives using financial modelling techniques
• Report on KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process
• Interpret non-financial information and transform it into financial reports
• Produce reports easily understood by non-financial people
• Make recommendations to improve reporting and analysis
• Deal with queries and requests professionally and promptly
• Participate in ad hoc projects as required
• Work collaboratively, sharing ideas and information with colleagues
• Continually seek ways to improve own performance both technically and behaviourally

Candiddate skills and experience:

• Retail/FMCG experience, preferably in retail
• Working towards a recognised accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA)
• High standard of accuracy with financial and statistical data
• Proactive and able to take initiative
• Able to manage your own workload
• Commercially aware
• Customer-focused with the ability to build good cross-functional relationships
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in other core applications
• Flexible and open to change
• Good team player