Commercial Finance Analyst

A successful candidate will act as the Commercial Finance Analyst for the group, working with the Finance Manager & Group Financial Controller to deliver accurate reporting and analysis of results to the group management team. The role will also entail providing ad-hoc support on other projects as and when required.

The successful candidate will want to work within a progression environment where personal development is actively encouraged.

The role of Commercial Finance Analyst will include:

Monthly Reporting:

• Delivery of timely, accurate & high quality monthly management information & other regular financial reporting, with commentary that communicates the trends & challenges facing the business
• Product development Board pack and meeting preparation

Daily sales reporting:

• Contribute to the annual budget and re-forecast process
• Commercial finance function scalability
• Scalability of Commercial Finance (Consistency of Reporting/Suite of self-serve reports/data warehouse implementation)
• Develop 'self-serve' capability ensuring the business have access to a suite of reports enabling them to do their job
• Be involved within and be a key business stakeholder in the delivery of a reporting analytics software

Business partnering and support to the leadership teams:

• Commercial analysis and business decision making
• Understand the business drivers in depth and be able to recommend changes necessary to drive costs down or sales up
• Partner new product development teams, Purchasing teams and Sales teams

Qualifications and experience:

• 2:1 and above within a finance/accounting/mathematical degree
• Working towards academic qualification in business or finance (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Highly numerate with a strong attention to detail, with ability to explain complex financial concepts to non-financial people
• A keen interest in in the consumer goods/manufacturing industry including a love of supply route analysis (warehouse and delivery/carrier costs) so you can business partner our operations team
• Advanced excel skills (pivots, vlookup, sumif, sumifs)
• Minimum 1 year experience in Financial planning
• As with all small but ambitious and growing businesses, you should be hands on, highly motivated, positive, resilient and enjoy fast-paced environments.

Benefits:

• £25-30k basic salary - dependant on experience
• 10% bonus
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work/season ticket loan
• 24 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Extensive progression across the business
• ACCA/CIMA Study Support