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Our client is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst to join their team. This role is an exciting opportunity to work across functions, supporting the effective spend of labour which totals over £200m. You will utilise Fourth Analytics and the Fourth Scheduling tool, as well as report on payroll spend vs budget/LY and provide analysis to various stakeholders. The position is based in Hatfield and offers flexible working opportunities.
Our client is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst to join their team. This role is an exciting opportunity to work across functions, supporting the effective spend of labour which totals over £200m. You will utilise Fourth Analytic's and the Fourth Scheduling tool, as well as report on payroll spend vs budget/LY and provide analysis to various stakeholders. The position is based in Hatfield and offers flexible working opportunities.
- Work across functions to support effective labour spend
- Utilise Fourth Analytics and the Fourth Scheduling tool
- Provide analysis to various stakeholders
What you'll do:
As a Labour Analyst, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the effective spend of labour by generating regular reports, identifying trends, and providing guidance on data interpretation. You will also be responsible for implementing workforce management systems, troubleshooting issues related to labour and scheduling tools, communicating findings in a clear manner, supporting budget processes, investigating month-end results, and making recommendations for improvements.
- Generate regular and ad-hoc reports to track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as labour-to-revenue ratios and member satisfaction metrics
- Own weekly reporting for UK and Europe, whilst making improvements to the reporting and enhancing analysis
- Provide guidance to club teams on interpreting and utilising labour data effectively
- Identify trends/opportunities to optimise staffing and reduce inefficiencies
- Support the implementation and maintenance of workforce management systems (e.g. demand curves, rota management)
- Work alongside the labour scheduling team to implement the Fourth scheduling tool into the clubs, across as many functions as possible with the objective of driving labour efficiency and resultant cost savings.
- Troubleshoot and resolve basic issues related to labour and scheduling tools
- Communicate findings and recommendations to internal stakeholders in a clear and actionable way
- Support on budget/forecast process, taking ownership of some key labour lines, making improvements/changes to budget models
- Investigation of month end results and variance analysis to understand drivers vs budget and make recommendations on how to make improvements
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Labour Analyst role will bring strong numerical and analytical abilities supported by a relevant Accounting qualification. You should have excellent communication skills that allow you to deliver key messages from significant amounts of data. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is essential, along with familiarity with data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Your ability to influence a wide section of the business and work across several different work streams will be key to your success in this role.
- Ability to influence a wide section of the business to deliver important business initiatives
- Strong numerical and analytical ability supported by a relevant Accounting qualification (Nearly Qualified or Qualified)
- Ability to work across several different work streams on an ongoing basis
- Excellent communication skills to deliver the key messages from a significant amount of data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, formulas)
- Familiarity with data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI or Tableau)
What sets this company apart:
Our client is a leading organisation that values collaboration, commitment, and understanding. They offer flexible working opportunities and generous pensions contributions. They are known for their supportive leadership and commitment to growth leadership. This is an excellent opportunity to join a company that values its employees and offers numerous training opportunities.
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
