Senior Finance Analyst
- Recruiter
- The Consultancy Group
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £55000 - £60000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
- Posted
- 24 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 01 May 2017
- Ref
- MW-LRS-NS
- Contact
- Matt Whipp
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Marketing / PR
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client, a leading Marketing and Advertising organisation based in Central London are looking for a Decision Support Analyst to join the team to report to the Head of FP&A. Working with PR and Advertising agencies, they help businesses to make informed decisions.You will be responsible for providing analytical support for the business, Head of FP&A and Finance Director. The focus will be on accurate and timely analysis and driving process and reporting improvements in the areas of revenue, incentives, sales and gross marging business reporting. Reponsibilities include:
· Manage, review and challenge of monthly calculation of revenue (Revenue Recognition process) for the business, required understanding of the revenue recognition process and validation of the calculation by the shared service centre.
· Revenue and gross margin reporting, as well as for sales commission calculation.
· Manage month end process for Revenue & Direct costs - liaising with shared service centre and the management accounting team.
· Assist in transition of month end process to shared service centre which is currently in progress
· Monthly preparation of the Revenue and Gross Margin analysis report to be used for investigation into client profitability
· Prepare and run Gross Margin reviews with the Sales team and follow up on investigations
· Prepare monthly management reporting pack for the Executive team
You will need to be a qualified Accountant ACCA/CIMA/ACA with excellent interpersonal skills and strong excel and modelling skills. You will need to be able to demonstrate that you are able to business partner and fast paced and dynamic sales team.