Commercial Finance Analyst
- Recruiter
- Ignata Finance
- Location
- Croydon
- Salary
- GBP45000 - 55000 per year
- Posted
- 23 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 30 Jan 2019
- Ref
- lf22
- Contact
- Lucy Fleming
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Accountancy Practice
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Commercial Finance Analyst
Ignata Finance are partnering with a large, multi-site business to recruit a Commercial Finance Analyst for their offices in Croydon.
Job Purpose
To be the finance business partner to multiple commercial teams, developing strong and effective working relationships in order to provide insight, analysis and support, enabling the business to deliver company targets and profitability.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide financial analysis and support to investment decisions including business case preparation and presentations to the investment committee
- To drive and support the key strategic initiative of the division’s expansion, providing insight into performance, and understanding and evaluating the impact of proposed new services
- To analyse and support forward looking strategic initiatives
- Provide challenging and insightful adhoc commercial analysis
- Support the Commercial sales and margin budgeting and forecasting processes providing quarterly forecasts and an operating plan for all relevant commercial areas
- To produce business reports, and to identify and deliver developments in reporting, system use and processes ensuring they deliver robust business information in an efficient manner
- To attend regular Commercial meetings as appropriate to gain a more thorough understanding of the commercial environment
- To support the Finance Director, Head Of Financial Analysis, and division Finance Manager in company-wide strategic initiatives
Personal specifications
- Commercial awareness
- Strong Excel skills and ability to master technical skills quickly
- High attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Experience of working in an analytical environment dealing with large data sets and providing solutions to minimise manual processing
- Ability to summarise detailed data and present it clearly at all levels of the business
Education and background
- Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA
Location – Croydon
Salary - £45-55k depending on experience