Office location with Hybrid working: Hammersmith London (3 days per week)
About the role and the Team:
Senior Finance Analyst – a hybrid role combining FP&A reporting with Commercial Finance business partnering. This role will take ownership on financial reporting for support function business teams, as well as month-end processes. Ensure that Finance as a function is providing quality analysis on monthly results and challenging the business to ensure spend aligns with operational KPIs. Will collaborate effectively and work closely with the wider finance team, business partner teams and other functions to support required analysis.
What will you be doing?
Monthly Reporting
1. Ownership of designated month-end procedures as well as involvement in month-end workshops to ensure deadlines are met to communicate financial results to the business and the Board.
2. Work closely with Central Finance and Commercial Finance to ensure that postings are accurate (including adherence to capitalisation policy), reflect the organisational structure and allow for detailed variance analysis vs budget/forecast position
3. Provide support to wider FP&A team and Commercial Finance to enable detailed understanding of headcount spend
4. Prepare financial results presentations to be shared with Executive team monthly at Executive Operational meetings. Gain an overarching understanding of the business as well as a higher-level understanding of business partnering functions.
Budgeting + Forecasting
5. Own Re-forecast and Budget templates for each business partnering team to facilitate the review of spend trends and budget variances with key stakeholders
6. Monitor headcount vs budget by division, keeping active files to reflect current and forecast position, to enable effective forecasting and resource planning. Provide analysis and support to ensure that all proposed pay and headcount revisions are within budget
7. Ensure deadlines are hit for budget submissions to allow for detailed analysis and challenge back on cost plans for the business
Partner to Business teams
8. Create and share monthly spend reports with support functions to inform management of key drivers for performance in month and year to date compared to budget and forecast
9. Assist COO, Supply Chain and People teams in preparation of annual budget and forecasts
10. Ensure data accuracy when producing high quality reports that are circulated to the business to illustrate clear analysis and further drive decisive action
What we are looking for?:
11. Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
12. Previously held finance roles, including involvement in month end processes
13. Detailed analysis of financial data (GL transactions)
14. Familiarity with payroll postings and headcount reporting
15. Close attention to detail and analytical frame of mind
16. Confidence in interactions with staff across all department and at all levels
17. Excellent excel skills
18. Strong communication skills
Why work for us?
We're in our customer's corner and our vision is to be the UK's most loved and desired broadband provider, that shows the way broadband is done!
Awarded Broadband Provider of the Year Uswitch Telecoms Awards, as voted for by 20, customers, plus Fair Terms Gold Award. We're also very proud to have been awarded Great Place to Work Certification (-23) and UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing
Going beyond the expected
Whatever we're doing – whether we're liaising with property professionals, delivering our network, or installing in a customer's home, going beyond the expected is the benchmark for everything we do. How we work is shaped by our three culture principles:
19. We work smarter, together
20. We stay focused
21. We strive for excellence
Some of our key Benefits
22. Competitive salary
23. Global Remote working for up to 2 week per year for those who are able to work remotely
24. 25 days' paid holiday increasing each year, to a max of 35
25. Extra days off for your birthday, moving home, wedding/civil partnership and to volunteer
26. Private medical Insurance provided by AXA health
27. Life assurance giving you cover of 4 times your base salary
28. Partnership with the Kings Trust
29. Our pension scheme matches your contributions up to 4%
30. Retail offers — discounts from hundreds of recognisable brands
31. Free Hyperoptic broadband if you live in a Hyperoptic area
32. Enhanced pay for new parents
We're committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees. In fact, this is at the heart of our culture and values. We welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life.