Financial Analyst
Employer Location London, Wimbledon, England / Sutton, England, London / New Malden, London, England Salary GBP55000 - GBP65000 per annum + Benefits Closing date 14 Apr 2026 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band, Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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The Company:
Are you a newly qualified accountant looking to take your first step from practice into a commercially focused finance role? This is an excellent opportunity to join a high‑performing finance team where you'll gain exposure to FP&A, profitability modelling, automation, and business partnering - all while learning from experienced senior Finance Analyst, you'll play a key role in enhancing financial insight, improving reporting, and supporting the development of robust profitability analysis. This position is ideal for someone moving out of practice and wanting to build the foundations of a strong commercial finance career.
The Role:You'll support the Finance function in delivering high‑quality financial analysis, reporting automation, and operational insight. Working closely with operational and senior finance stakeholders, your work will directly influence strategic decision areas of responsibility include:
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
1. Supporting the month‑end close and reporting cycles
2. Delivering insightful variance analysis (actuals, budget, forecast)
3. Maintaining and enhancing profitability models
4. Validating and reconciling data between GL and operational systems
5. Analysing key cost drivers and KPI's
6. Working with business to understand performance drivers
7. Supporting senior leaders with board and management reporting
8. Taking on ad‑hoc analytical projects for the Finance leadership team
Systems, Modelling & Automation:
9. Developing and improving reporting through Power BI
10. Supporting data extraction and transformation using Excel / Power Query
11. Enhancing financial models
12. Participating in finance transformation and reporting improvement initiatives
About YouWe're looking for someone with a strong analytical mindset and a natural curiosity about the commercial story behind the numbers. You'll enjoy working with data, systems and stakeholders alike, and be keen to grow into a broad‑ranging commercial finance role.
Essential:
13. Newly qualified ACA (or equivalent)
14. Trained in audit or accounting practice, ideally from a Big 4 Accounting firm or top10.
15. Strong Excel capability (pivot tables, lookups, structured modelling)
16. Solid understanding of financial statements
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Shirin Safa now.
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Company
At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.
So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.
So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.
We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:
17. Corporate Governance
18. Credit Control
19. Part-Qualified Accountant
20. Payroll
21. Public Practice Accounting
22. Public Services Accounting
23. Senior Finance – Qualified
24. Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
25. Tax & Treasury
You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow
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