About the role
We have 2 vacancies for Finance Analysts to provide reporting, planning and analytical support to the Finance Team and the wider business teams to aid financial control and decision making whether for trading, financial services, marketing, operational or support functions.
Role Responsibilities
MONTH END ROUTINES & CONTROLS
1. Ensure accurate & timely month end accounts with insightful commentary. To include balance sheet reconciliations, highlighting risks and opportunities.
2. Pro-actively work with business functions / departments to ensure schedules – whether income, margin, cost or commitment are accurate & provided in a timely manner with variances clearly explained.
3. Schedules & systems for monitoring spend maintained & processes adhered to: For example: PO system & spend tracker
4. Understand and produce schedules and period end journal for business functions
5. Produce and explain variance analysis for month end and planning
6. Being comfortable creating and delivering presentation of financial information to budget holders
7. Understand and challenge areas of responsibility in the P&L
DECISION SUPPORT
8. Provide accurate financial analysis to aid commercial decision making, and dealing with ad-hoc requests
9. Support business case production and project accounting
FORECASTS & PLANNING
10. Understand and agree timetable with FP&A ensuring that stakeholders understand deadlines and expectations
11. Update/maintain forecast models in conjunction with agreed assumptions and planned activities
12. Understand / challenge forecast assumptions and impact on business P&L
13. Complete relevant templates to other business units to enable operational planning and financial recharges – being confident in the information provided and prepared to field challenge.
14. Upload & reconcile total business budgets / forecasts to D
BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE & SUPPLEMENTARY
15. Build business relationships to ensure objectives achieved
16. Inquisitive approach to problem solving
17. Deputise for Managers where appropriate
18. Attend and contribute to cost and income planning / actuals meetings ensuring pre information provided and deadlines met
19. Other duties as required
Miscellaneous
20. To be committed to good outcomes for customers at all times
21. Ensure compliance with all applicable UK and local regulations, Company Policies and FCA Conduct Rules
22. Demonstrate behaviours in line with our Company values
23. To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by acts and omissions at work
About you
Role Related Skills, Specialist Knowledge and Experience
24. Strong user of Word, Excel- able to set up tables, spreadsheets, graphs etc
25. Basic commercial understanding of business and retailing.
26. Studying/aiming towards a professional accountancy qualification
27. Retail experience preferable – but certainly some understanding of the challenges & KPI’s in managing a retail business
28. Understanding of the importance of the accuracy of the detail that underpins management accounts
29. Commercial awareness - the ability to apply that understanding to the role’s requirements.
30. Ability to persuade other people to an objective point of view
31. Good organisational skills
32. Ability to communicate written & oral financial information clearly & concisely to all levels of personnel – providing summaries which facilitate a clear interpretation of the detail and enable quick decision making
33. Strong Excel and reporting skills, including modelling and visual basic.
34. Ability to deliver to strict reporting deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
35. General ledger experience
Other relevant experience
36. Worked in a group or team to deliver a project
Qualifications & Professional Development/Memberships
37. Maths and English grade C or above, or equivalent.
38. AAT qualified or studying towards ACCA, CIMA or ACA
Personal Attributes
39. Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines with high levels of accuracy
40. Able to commute to Bradford city centre (hybrid working).