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Senior Finance Analyst - Cost Management and Management Reporting
6 Months Contract
Reading / Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite
Context:
Day to day, you will be responsible for the month end and quarterly forecast processing for predominantly People and T&O working closely with the Finance Business Partners and the relevant members of the business to challenge and manage the cost. You will also be responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of daily, weekly, monthly and forecast reporting to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Cost Management
You will work closely with the finance business partners to complete month end journals, prepare management reporting packs including analysis and commentary to enable them to tell the stories behind the numbers.
You will be responsible for the completion of balance sheet reconciliations and reporting used to communicate to our shareholder. Similarly, the forecasting process involves preparing the Smartview upload files, then building management reporting with commentary and analysis for the Finance Business Partners.
There is an element of Business Partnering, working with the business and the Finance Business Partner to ensure you are aware of any month end or forecasting changes. Furthermore, you will work with the external auditors to assist with their testing and queries on the areas you support.
Internal and Shareholder Reporting
You will be responsible for internal sales reporting and rolling-forward, refreshing and reconciling monthly and quarterly Shareholder reporting (incl. KBI's).
Experience required:
Finalist or Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
Month end, journals, Balance sheet, reconciliation, month end pack
Reporting and forecasting experience
Strong stakeholder management
Appetite to learn new tools and systems
Proficient in Excel - Must have
Alteryx - Desired
Smartview - Desired
Organisation and prioritisation skills essential
Knowledge of business and cost drivers beneficialProject People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy