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:
* Produce timely, detailed, and clear analysis to support business areas in understanding performance
* Provide concise commentary on sales, costs and overall performance, including recommendations for improvement
* Contribute to month-end routines of management accounts, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
* Identify risks and opportunities against budget, suggesting mitigation strategies and ways to capitalise on opportunities
* Undertake analysis for potential initiatives using financial modelling techniques
* Report on KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities
* Support the budgeting and forecasting process
* Interpret non-financial information and transform it into financial reports
* Produce reports easily understood by non-financial people
* Make recommendations to improve reporting and analysis
* Deal with queries and requests professionally and promptly
* Participate in ad hoc projects as required
* Work collaboratively, sharing ideas and information with colleagues
* Continually seek ways to improve own performance both technically and behaviourally
* Represent the finance community in line with Selfridges values
* Understand and support the delivery of Selfridges strategy and initiatives
A bit about the role
* Retail/FMCG experience, preferably in retail
* Working towards a recognised accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA)
* High standard of accuracy with financial and statistical data
* Proactive and able to take initiative
* Able to manage your own workload
* Commercially aware
* Customer-focused with the ability to build good cross-functional relationships
* Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
* Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in other core applications
* Flexible and open to change
* Good team player
Key Measures of Success for this role:
* Timely and accurate production of financial analysis and reports
* Effective contribution to budgeting and forecasting processes
* Identification of risks and opportunities that impact business performance
* Successful completion of ad hoc projects and initiatives
* Positive feedback from business partners on financial support provided
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