Title: Finance & Data Analyst
Location: Piccadilly Circus – 3 days a week in office
Salary: C.£85k + package
Ref: GM13179
The Opportunity:
Finatal are currently retained on a search for Finance and Data Analyst for a high-growth, Private Equity backed hospitality business. This hire will work closely with the CFO and Head of Finance, and will take on a role that blends financial insight with technical capability to drive better reporting, automation, and commercial decision-making through the business.
The Role:
In this role, you will act as a bridge between Finance and Data, supporting the CFO and Head of Finance with advanced data analysis, presenting insights, and driving data-led decision-making.
* You will be required to optimise, automate, and enhance the financial reporting processes, P&L and build key finance models enabling real-time insights for senior leadership.
* Build and maintain commercial dashboards using Power BI for executive-level consumption.
* Maintain SQL databases and ETL processes to ensure the integrity of all datasets
* You will work with large volumes of finance data to surface trends, risks, and opportunities.
* Facilitation and creation of operational budgets, including distribution to all stakeholders and uploading to various systems.
* Reporting will include maintenance of daily sales reports, updating weekly trade packs and monthly board packs, providing insights and analysis which enhances the data
* You will be responsible for all commercial financial analysis e.g. menu analysis, cost analysis, events/promotional value etc
* You will support the finance team with data linked spreadsheets, TM1 reports and Sage integration
The Requirements:
* You should have a proven experience working with finance teams and large finance datasets using advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Power Pivot, VBA), SQL Server, Power BI (DAX, Power Query)
* Exceptional stakeholder management experience, often working with executive-level stakeholders, including the CFO
* Hands-on technical experience building Power BI dashboards for commercial and executive use with a strong knowledge of data visualisation best practices.
* A solid understanding of financial accounting concepts including P&L analysis, margin & cost controls - relevant accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) desirable, or QBE (5+ years)
* Multi-site hospitality experience required