Finance Analyst

COMMERCIAL FINANCE ANALYST

Global Travel Retailer - Restaurants Division
£45,000 - £50,000 + Great Benefits, 10% Bonus & Study support
Hybrid Working - 3 days typically in office
West London

The primary purpose of this role is to provide strong and proactive assistance of the finance, and to partner with operational & commercial teams with analysis of the business, management reporting, budgeting and other ad-hoc finance analysis related to Food & Beverages subsidiaries.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of reports and presentations for internal and external business stakeholders, including weekly & monthly performance reports and quarterly presentations for each platform where the business operates concessions
• In-depth analysis of commercial results (sales & margins, mix effects and KPI trends)
• Assistance for monthly financial closings (e.g. Newport submissions for the group, stock provisioning reports) & P&L variance analysis against forecast.
• Preparation of full platform P&L forecasts for corporate budgetary purposes (including sales, margin and store costs)
• Preparation of budget packs.
• Partnering with Commercial and Operations team to provide decision support on commercial initiatives including pricing & promotion analysis, modelling and making recommendations to drive business growth & development.
• Ad-hoc analysis upon request.
• Supporting with business development opportunities.

About you:

• Experience within Food & Beverages / Restaurants is highly beneficial but applicants from Retail or Hospitality will be considered
• Ideally at least Part qualified (CIMA / ACCA)
• Good Excel capabilities
• Fluent in English
• Good understanding of a P&L
• Experience of SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Analysis for Office would be advantageous