Finance Analyst

Elevation Recruitment Group are really excited to be working in partnership with a successful & well-established firm based in Sheffield as they look to expand their Finance busy team with the recruitment of a driven & inquisitive Finance Analyst!

We are looking for someone who will be as passionate about analysis and data as the rest of the team, as you will help shape the new reporting and MI sub-function to be able to service the business & provide relevant and strategic data, which will ultimately support in making commercial and strategic decisions across the business.

Duties & responsibilities:

* Dealing with requests for financial and business related information and analysis - involving a high level of interaction with finance and business partners to inform and trouble shoot a wide variety of business issues
* Liaise with business users to understand their requirements for new analysis and reports across client reporting, performance reporting & management reporting
* Understand various query and reporting tools and be able to provide guidance on these to superusers
* Generate analyses and reports from single or multiple systems & data sources
* Troubleshoot the existing database environment and reporting catalogue, providing areas for continuous improvement of existing reports and processes
* Assist in the testing of newly developed reports and deliverables
* Provided training and support for self-service solutions
* Involvement in various projects within the BI team and with other finance teams as required
* Share knowledge with the rest of the BI & Reporting team

Skills required:

* Excellent numerical and analytical skills, preferably educated to degree level in Finance, Information Management, Maths or Statistics
* Knowledge of query languages (e SQL), data analysis tools and familiarity with relational databases / data warehousing
* Knowledge of data modelling, data cleansing, and data enrichment techniques
* Experience of statistical methodologies and data analysis techniques
* Excellent problem solving skills / communicator
* Ability to pick up and learn new technologies quickly
* Ability to understand and translate business requirements into reporting solutions and analytical data sets
* Demonstrate an understanding of finance processes and systems

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for someone with strong analytical and commercial mind-set to join a supportive team on a full time, permanent basis.

If you have the relevant skills & experience to be considered for this opportunity, please feel free to apply today!