Commercial Finance Analyst 12m FTC

Commercial Finance Analyst - 12m FTC

Leading Restaurant Group
12m FTC - Jan start (potential for perm)
up to c£60,000 DOE + benefits & 10% Bonus
Hybrid 3 days pw in North West London

Must be Immediately Available or soon to be

Purpose of the Role

To provide relevant and timely business insight to key strategic initiatives, to support delivery of key budget and business plan goals.

Front foot analysis to be provided in areas driving growth - Out of Restaurant, new businesses, promotional activity and investment in sites. Analysis to be focused on telling a data driven story of the what and why in a simple visual manner to help drive better actionable decision making

Scope of the Role:

Working closely with the FD this position is a key business partner to Marketing, Digital, Operations/Business Development and Estate teams at management and Board level. To provide informed information to help the business grow at all levels of management.

Key Accountabilities:

• Generate rolling Sales, Covers, SPH projections and key drivers trackers to highlight commercial risks and opportunities including budget/forecasting guidance.

• Responsible for compiling insightful analysis on strategic initiatives so that weekly Trading and periodic Board Pack are highlighting observations and hypothesis of latest trends.

• Development of reporting that provides insight and analysis into the performance of multichannel including generating P&L's of different business models (Eat In, OOR, Coco).

• Evaluating how promotions influence performance in total and by channel (discount levels and impacts on gross margin) and making recommendations to enhance performance. Sharing early insight mid-week on promotional performance as well as any notable trends.

• Key stakeholder in the development of financial systems, tools and processes to support the management accounts function and reporting to the wider business.

• Provide as required analysis of site refurbishment programme

• Support the development of analysis in the team for new menus, pricing and menu mix.

Experience, Skills & behaviours:

• Excellent analytical skills with ability to tell a story in a simple visual manner

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic with continuous improvement mindset

• Ideally degree educated & qualified / part qualified Accountant

• Previous experience within FP&A and/or commercial analysis essential

• Advanced Excel capabilities, financial modelling and data interrogation

• Strong interpersonal skills with proven business partnering experience and able to communicate to all levels and a strong team player

• Self-starter, happy to work on own initiative and drive the agenda

• Able to work to tight deadlines and prioritise accordingly