Senior Financial Analyst
- Recruiter
- Trace Recruitment
- Location
- Central London
- Salary
- £50k - 55k per year
- Posted
- 18 Mar 2019
- Closes
- 25 Mar 2019
- Ref
- DD - Com Ana
- Contact
- Deniz Dervish
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Marketing / PR, Media / Entertainment
- Experience Levels
- Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Commercial Analyst, Advertising, Central London, £50-55,000
Role summary
Our client, a large advertising network are seeking a financial analyst to support the CFO in a range of areas including financial analysis, financial training, preparation of board presentations and one-off projects.
The financial analyst will work closely with all departments within the business to develop reporting tools to provide the business with greater insight.
Areas of responsibility:
• Preparation of ad hoc reporting requests and pitch proposal information
• Client/ Project marginal analysis & key drivers
• Analyse and provide CFO recommended staffing levels in accordance to forecast revenue
• Co-ordinate the consolidation of large volumes of data from multiple sources to deliver commercial analysis for Executive Team
• Creation of reports for strategic decision making at Board level
• Develop systems and procedures to ensure the efficient and effective management of the company's finances & forecasting
• Recommend strategies that will improve the company's financial performance and financial controls
• Ad hoc revenue analysis and evaluation of commercial opportunities that arise
Candidate profile:
Essential skills and experience:
• Strong analytic and financial modelling skills
• Strong excel skills
• Ability to analyse and interpret financial information
• Ability to work with large data volume sets
• Ability to create automated financial reports
• Ability to communicate effectively, sensitively and succinctly
• Ability to quickly form working relationships and gain credibility with a wide selection of staff from different levels and disciplines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and proactively manage workload to effectively deliver multiple tasks whilst maintaining attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and excellence
Desirable expertise:
• Experience working in a large public company preparing / reviewing monthly financial information
• Proven track record of implementing commercial initiatives to improve financial performance
• At least 5 Years Professional Experience
• At least 2 years in a Commercial/ Analysis Position
Education:
• Bachelor degree
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar)
Only applicants with significant analysis experience will be considered for this role.