Finance Analyst
Posted 2 days ago by JSS Search
£80,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Finance Analyst role is a 6-month fixed-term contract within a financial services institution's real estate lending division, focusing on financial operations, reporting, and risk management. The position requires immediate availability and involves processing loan transactions, preparing reports, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in financial services, particularly in banking or lending. Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data tools, especially Power BI, are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Processing loan-related transactions and managing relationships with outsourced loan servicers.
- Preparing monthly and quarterly reports for the parent company and contributing to market and credit risk processes.
- Cross-functional collaboration with senior leadership, non-finance teams, external partners, and the parent company.
- Management of financial data sets using Excel and Power BI.
- Conducting variance analysis and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
- Reconciling transactions to cash movements and reporting on any unreconciled positions.
- Calculating, reporting, and analyzing quarterly credit losses.
- Supporting month-end close and reporting to help the finance team meet deadlines.
Key Skills:
- ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, ICAS, CAANZ qualified with a maximum of 3 years post-qualification experience.
- Relevant finance experience, with newly qualified candidates also considered.
- Extensive experience in financial services, ideally in banking, lending, or real estate investments.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with data tools, particularly Excel and Power BI.
- Prior experience in a dynamic and autonomous finance team across FP&A, financial reporting, finance operations, and credit risk.
Salary (Rate): £80,000.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
JSS are partnered with an established financial services institution where they are looking for a Finance Analyst in their real estate lending division to play a key role in supporting the lender’s financial operations, reporting, and risk management activities. This is a 6 month-paternity cover so being immediately available to work is essential.
Finance Analyst 6 Months Fixed term contract Financial Services £70-80,000 (pro rata) Start ASAP London – hybrid working options available
Responsibilities:
- Processing loan-related transactions, managing relationships with outsourced loan servicers.
- Preparing monthly and quarterly reports for the parent company, and contributing to market and credit risk processes.
- Cross-functional collaboration, including engagement with senior leadership, non-finance teams, external partners, and the parent company.
- Management of financial data sets (utilising Excel and Power BI).
- Variance analysis and presenting to senior stakeholders.
- Reconciliation of transactions to cash movements, and follow-up and report on any unreconciled positions.
- Quarterly credit loss calculations, reporting, and analysis Supporting with month-end close and reporting, supporting the rest of the finance team to hit deadlines.
Personal Profile:
- ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, ICAS, CAANZ qualified with maximum 3 years post qualification experience.
- Newly qualified candidates with relevant finance experience will also be considered.
- Extensive experience in financial services ideally banking, lending or real estate investments.
- Strong analytical skills, comfort with data tools (Excel, Power Query, Power BI).
- Power BI - ESSENTIAL
- Prior experience working in a dynamic and autonomous finance team, where responsibilities could vary across FP&A, financial reporting, finance operations and credit risk.
This is a great opportunity for someone to support a business in a varied finance position. Apply now or contact chloe.williams@jss-fs.com for more information.