Commercial Finance Analyst - Maternity Cover 9-12 months FTC
Posted 4 days ago by Joseph Joseph Ltd
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Commercial Finance Analyst at Joseph Joseph involves providing analytical support to the Commercial Finance team during a maternity cover fixed-term contract. The position requires preparing financial analyses, producing business reports, and collaborating with various departments to enhance profitability. The analyst will also engage in budgeting, forecasting, and sales commission reporting while working in a hybrid environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparing high-quality financial analysis and presentations for senior leadership.
- Producing daily business reporting to provide insights to stakeholders.
- Building financial models in Excel to support strategic decision making.
- Supporting cross-functional projects and business partnering with sales, category management, and supply chain teams.
- Assisting with budgeting and forecasting.
- Preparing quarterly sales commissions reporting.
Key Skills:
- Ability to interpret the general ledger and financial statements.
- High level of attention to detail with advanced Excel skills.
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proactive problem solver with a drive to improve processes.
- Ability to work independently and with ambiguity.
- Experience working in or alongside a Commercial Finance team.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
At Joseph Joseph, we are driven by a simple yet powerful belief — that intelligent design has the ability to transform everyday living. We create distinctive, thoughtfully engineered products that not only solve real-world problems but also bring joy, beauty, and functionality to daily life. Headquartered in London, we have grown into one of the world’s most admired houseware brands, with a presence in over 100 countries and partnerships with leading department stores, independent retailers, and a rapidly expanding e-commerce business. We have an opportunity for an analyst to join the Commercial Finance team on a Maternity cover fixed term contract. Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is an opportunity to work closely across all key functions in our business, supporting on analytics.
What you will be doing:
- Preparing high-quality financial analysis and presentations that translate data into clear recommendations for senior leadership
- Producing daily business reporting to provide insight to stakeholders
- Building financial models in Excel to support strategic decision making
- Supporting cross functional projects and business partnering with sales, category management and supply chain teams to improve profitability
- Supporting on some aspects of budgeting and forecasting
- Preparing quarterly sales commissions reporting
What we need from you:
- Ability to interpret the general ledger and financial statements
- High level of attention to detail with advanced Excel skills; able to produce models and work accurately with large amounts of data
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- A proactive problem solver with a drive to improves processes and challenge assumptions
- Ability to work independently and with ambiguity
- Experience working in or alongside a Commercial Finance team
What you will get from us:
- Competitive salary and holiday allowance
- A pension contribution
- An exclusive staff discount
- 24/7 healthcare appointment support
- Hybrid working – 3 days in office & 2 days from home and flex start/finish times
- External private employee wellbeing support
- Access to Perkbox
- Volunteer days