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Our client is seeking a dedicated and experienced Finance Analyst to support their growing business.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the integration process of a formerly family-owned business into a global engineering company. As a Finance Analyst, you will play a crucial role in supporting various financial regulatory, reporting, and accounting duties, assisting with implementing standards and processes, and contributing to the future development of the company to deliver on their growth strategy.
What you'll do:
As a Finance Analyst, your role will be pivotal in driving the company's growth strategy. You will be responsible for analysing historical and current financial data, performing trend analysis, preparing various types of information requests, analysing existing processes for improvement opportunities, ensuring compliance with internal audit requirements, creating performance reports, establishing cost analysis policies, developing automated accounting programs, building financial models for planning purposes, and liaising with internal teams for accurate financial reporting. Your contributions will directly impact the company's operational efficiency.
- Analyse and interpret historical and current financial data to understand the Company's financial status.
- Perform trend analysis from historical performance, forecast future performance, and provide actionable insights for operational efficiency.
- Prepare requests for both financial and non-financial information and adhere to group requirements for consolidation.
- Analyse existing processes to identify gaps and collaborate with relevant departments to implement and improve processes and enable data capture.
- Prepare reports and financial information to ensure compliance with internal audit requirements.
- Create and implement performance reporting across both manufacturing and assembly sites and liaise with department leaders suggesting improvements.
- Establish policies and procedures for cost analysis and recommend actions to senior management and departmental leaders.
- Develop automated accounting programs to help increase productivity and business efficiency.
- Develop financial models to support planning, budgeting and forecasting, through aggregating and interpreting large amounts of complex data.
- Liaise with internal teams to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Chartered Accountant CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification is required.
- Proven experience working as a Financial Analyst is essential.
- Proficiency in spreadsheets, large datasets, database management is necessary. Knowledge of SAP Business One is highly desirable.
- Excellent reporting, presenting and communication skills are needed.
- Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles is required.
- Strategic thinking and organisational skills are crucial.
- Proven analytical and financial modelling skills are important.
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
