Finance Analyst- Inventory / Fixed Assets
Luton- Hybrid
Paying up to £60,000 per annum
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure accurate and timely month-end Group Reporting.
- Develop and provide insightful financial and operational performance data, including KPIs.
- Identify monthly accruals and post depreciation journals.
- Capitalise rental and fixed assets throughout the month.
- Monitor and analyse stock movements, adjustments, and excess stock.
- Suggest sales prices for ad hoc rental asset sales.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for inventory and assets.
- Drive business improvements by challenging existing processes.
- Resolve pricing queries and ensure correct costings/valuations in the database.
- Business partner with Operations to manage stock levels and turnover.
- Maintain an accurate asset database.
- Reconcile balance sheets for company assets and inventory.
- Present monthly results with insights, highlighting risks and opportunities.
- Manage auditor requirements, primarily at year-end and ad hoc.
- Support projects like developing Power BI reports for finance.
Key Attributes:
- Qualified ACA / ACCA / CIMA
- Previous experience in a similar role within accounting preferred
- Good communication and Interpersonal skills are essential - ability to interact and communicate across the business at different levels
- Attention to detail and possess good organisational and time management skills
- Knowledge of Excel spreadsheets (Pivots, VLookups etc) and PowerPoint, SAP/PowerBI would be an advantage
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines