Finance Analyst
Job Introduction
A bit about the job
As a Finance Analyst, you will support the Finance Manager and the wider team in providing effective financial challenge and support to business partners. You will be instrumental in the end-to-end management accounts process, budgeting and forecasting, evaluating strategic investment decisions, and providing analysis and insights. Your role will be crucial in delivering timely and clear financial information to aid decision-making across the business.
As a Finance Analyst, you will:
1. Produce timely, detailed, and clear analysis to support business areas in understanding performance
2. Provide concise commentary on sales, costs and overall performance, including recommendations for improvement
3. Contribute to month-end routines of management accounts, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
4. Identify risks and opportunities against budget, suggesting mitigation strategies and ways to capitalise on opportunities
5. Undertake analysis for potential initiatives using financial modelling techniques
6. Report on KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities
7. Support the budgeting and forecasting process
8. Interpret non-financial information and transform it into financial reports
9. Produce reports easily understood by non-financial people
10. Make recommendations to improve reporting and analysis
11. Deal with queries and requests professionally and promptly
12. Participate in ad hoc projects as required
13. Work collaboratively, sharing ideas and information with colleagues
14. Continually seek ways to improve own performance both technically and behaviourally
15. Represent the finance community in line with Selfridges values
16. Understand and support the delivery of Selfridges strategy and initiatives
A bit about the role
17. Retail/FMCG experience, preferably in retail
18. Working towards a recognised accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA)
19. High standard of accuracy with financial and statistical data
20. Proactive and able to take initiative
21. Able to manage your own workload
22. Commercially aware
23. Customer-focused with the ability to build good cross-functional relationships
24. Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
25. Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in other core applications
26. Flexible and open to change
27. Good team player
Key Measures of Success for this role:
28. Timely and accurate production of financial analysis and reports
29. Effective contribution to budgeting and forecasting processes
30. Identification of risks and opportunities that impact business performance
31. Successful completion of ad hoc projects and initiatives
32. Positive feedback from business partners on financial support provided
Selfridges