Finance Analyst

Summary: The Finance Analyst role involves providing comprehensive financial analysis to support a North West based business within a global group. The position focuses on analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and implementing processes to contribute to the company's growth strategy following a recent acquisition. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and relevant qualifications, playing a crucial role in forecasting and improving operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

Key Skills:

• Qualified ACCA, ACA or CIMA.
• Proven experience in financial analysis and working with large datasets.
• Proficiency in SAP Business One is highly desirable.
• Excellent reporting, presenting, and communication skills.
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Strategic thinking and organisational skills.
• Proven analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Ability to produce accurate reports to specific deadlines.

Salary (Rate): 60,000

City: Blackburn

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance