Commercial Finance Analyst
- Recruiter
- Axon Moore Group LTD
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
- Salary
- £45000 - £50000 per annum
- Posted
- 24 May 2019
- Closes
- 31 May 2019
- Ref
- EL/32740/AM
- Contact
- Axon Moore
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Retail / Wholesale
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Commercial Finance Analyst – Northern Home Counties
A leading multi-site retail business are keen to add extra head count to their FP&A team where the role will be responsible for business partnering with the Head of Commercial Finance.
Some of the key areas of the role will include:
- Provide high quality financial insight and guidance to stakeholders based on commercial understanding of the business, market context and underlying business strategy to support decision making processes.
- Analyse and interpret investment spend and performance, highlighting and understanding issues and opportunities with appropriate recommendations.
- Act as a catalyst for change and proactively challenge decision-making based on sound financial and commercial reasoning.
- Manage the month end accounting process ensuring all costs are correctly accounted for and any future risks or opportunities vs. budget are understood and flagged. Drive cost control across the teams.
- Support the budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes.
- Manage weekly and monthly performance reporting and produce specific reporting against strategic initiatives where required.
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong technical skills.
- Commercial awareness and experience of acting as a trusted business partner to senior colleagues.
- Proactive, ambitious and self-motivated, with a “can-do” attitude.
- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Highly organised, multi-tasking skills, and ability to operate in within tight deadlines.
- Strong impact and credibility. Ability and confidence to influence and challenge decision-making.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Retail or Hospitality and multi-site experience would be an advantage