Group Finance Analyst
7 days ago
Northwich
Group Finance Analyst \n Based: Northwich \n Salary: circa £70k + benefits including enhanced pension, private healthcare & Hybrid working \n We are seeking an experienced and commercially astute Group Finance Analyst to join a growing, global business due to internal promotion. This role will provide support & insight across group finance, supporting the executive board. A varied analytical & project-orientated role including delivering financial process improvement, implementing group-wide systems, rolling out new reporting requirements and supporting group overall financial strategy \n \n Role: \n\n • Providing finance support to current consolidation system and other group-wide system initiatives as they are rolled out\n, • Supporting Finance Director with FP&A activities including optimizing data and providing clear, insightful variance analysis\n, • Identifying key drivers of performance and recommending actions, business partnering across various departments\n, • Automating and supporting in preparation of main board financial update\n, • Driving PowerBI across the business, creating dashboards and manipulating data to improve accuracy in financial planning & reporting\n, • Creating processes to track, analyse and report in business performance at group and business unit level\n, • Managing implementation of group pricing changes, creating models to forecast future pricing trends and implications to company financials\n, • Taking ownership of financial management of group including overseeing day to day accounting activities, month end and forecasting\n, • Taking ownership of PowerBI processes and continued improvement\n\n Experience: \n\n • A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with proven experience in a senior finance leadership role\n, • Strong commercial acumen with experience partnering with operational and commercial teams and within FP&A\n, • Strong technical accounting knowledge with experience managing management accounts.\n, • Experience of working in a manufacturing/stock based business would be advantageous but not essential.\n, • PowerBI experience essential including creating of dashboards\n, • Group finance experience desirable but not essential\n\n \n This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant constribution to the design, implementation and ongoing development of a newly formed group finance function. Please apply now