Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst

Based in Tring, Hertfordshire, our manufacturing client is looking for a Finance Analyst to join their busy finance function as someone who can business partner and stand their ground on a permanent basis.

This job would suit an experienced Business Partnering Management Accountant to support the Senior Finance Manager with some crucial relationships and partnering with Senior Managers, driving important change into specific operational areas of the business. This will also include understanding the costs across this business area and some other general reporting requirements.

The company is currently going through a period of growth following a recent acquisition and some significant new business wins. It is for this reason that an expert Management Accountant is needed to provide the support to the business.

The successful individual will be part or Qualified CIMA or ACCA Accountant with good management accounting knowledge. Experience in the manufacturing sector would be highly advantageous but experience in another product related businesses and involvement with inventory is essential. Strong business partnering skills and, by association, strong communication skills will be needed when working with non-finance on cost control, variance analysis and other finance related issues.

Duties will include:

• Acting as Business Partner providing financial support to the function for the effective project delivery
• Produce detailed analysis of the functional spend to budget / forecast
• Review and challenge financial performance with functional management
• Identify opportunities to improve performance and forecasting
• Manage budgets on large scale R&D projects with accurate and timely reporting
• Responsible for reporting engineering spend by project
• Train Managers to increase their financial awareness
• Maintain a robust and flexible functional accounting system which enables full programme financial review and analysis
• Responsible for managing Tax credits and subsidies
• Provide forecast update as and when required with explanation for variances, aligning forecast
• Ensure that revenue recognition requirements are met
• Assist in carrying out impairment reviews and the calculation of participation payment amortisation
• Delivery of policy deployment and cost containment metrics including understanding results and identifying opportunities for improvement including use of continuous improvement techniques
• Support Financial Accounting team with the month end postings

For more information about this role or any other Finance Analyst jobs in Tring, Hertfordshire please contact me in confidence or visit our website

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