Finance Analyst

Job Description

Elevation Recruitment Group are currently looking to recruit a Finance Analyst/ Finance Business Partner for a leading retail business in Sheffield.This newly created role will be responsible for providing guidance and support, as the primary contact, to the sales account teams for a specific sub-set of clients or Segments, and also collaborates with teammates cross functionally around matters relatingto business profitability. The role will be responsible for providing financial reporting and analysis to help determine future forecast revenue and expenditures, determine budgets and monitor financial movements within the market. You will also support leadership to inform criticalbusiness decisions by producing and or presenting research findings, reports, financial information and data to ensure all decisions and actions taken are both financially and commercially sound and in line with business objectives.The company offers an excellent benefits package which includes: -

• Competitive starting salary
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday + stats
• 6% matched pension

An overview of duties and responsibilities includes: -

• Developing reports, forecasts and models to support multiyear planning and forecasting by analysing financial data and contracts and communicate insights which inform and support wider business decisions
• Analyse both current and past client account financial information and data to forecast future performance including forecasting future revenues, gross profit and costs, as well as modelling and budgeting
• Track relevant sales, and actual performance, metrics and KPIs to evaluate financial performance by comparing/analysing both current and past results with plans and forecasts, also perform variance analysis, identify trends and or make recommendations forimprovement where necessary
• Lead a range of client account / segment financial processes and or activities including process calendarisation by consulting with commercial and operational management and focus on the delivery of best in-class quality output in line with agreed deadlines
• Track operational metrics/leading indicators for individual clients and or groups i.e, sales performance, presales ROI and sales opportunities, pipeline forecasts, backlog analysis, win rates, P&L analysis, and revenue, cost and or budget variances
• Provide advice and or guidance around budgets and the financial aspects of their operational decisions, also provide value-added management reporting on return-on-investment (“ROI”) trends
• Build strong relationships with Customer Supplier managers and Commercial Managers regarding commercial issue and support them with any queries and or billing issues and escalate client matters to the Commercial Finance Manager and or other key stakeholdersaccordingly.
• Prepare and produce reports and or recommendations on financial performance at client / segment level for regular business/leadership reviews to improve financial growth
• Ad-hoc additional responsibilities reasonably requested by their manager

To be successful, you will have the following skills and experiences: -

• CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA Qualified or late part qualified
• Educated to degree level or can demonstrate equivalent work experience
• Proactive
• Strong communicator
• Confident and enthusiastic
• Good IT Skills (Particularly Excel, SAP knowledge would be advantageous as would data management tools, i.e Power BI)
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to present data to a range of stakeholders

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV across asap, alternatively, please feel free to get in touch if you would like any further information on this rare and exciting opportunity.