Description
We are looking for a Finance Analyst to join our team in London! This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual who wants to be part of a progressive, customer-centric team which works closely with the business to provide budget assurance and performance improvement whilst challenging and influencing the leadership teams in managing their areas.
The Finance Analyst will sit within the Finance Business Partner team which supports CMS leadership teams with accurate, timely, insightful and relevant financial planning advice to ensure the business is making informed business decisions to support its strategic growth plans.
In this role, you can expect to get involved in a variety of work including:
- Compiling and assessing financial data to support complex business requests
- Assisting in the preparation of high-quality financial presentations to the business
- Managing the production of routine deliverables required by the Finance Business Partner team
- Providing direct Business Partnering support to regional leads or alternative fee-earning teams
- Becoming a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the suite of finance systems and models used by the Department
- Liaising with the Finance Reporting Team to ensure consistent and accurate information is provided
- Assisting in the delivery of the financial education agenda
- Providing assistance to the Finance Business Partners with the annual budget process and quarterly reforecast exercises
- Working with the Finance and HR teams to ensure integrity and accuracy of data used by the Finance Business Partner team
- Assisting the Financial Planning & Decision Support department with other ad-hoc tasks as required
The ideal candidate will have:
- A recognised professional (full) qualification such as ICAS, ACCA or equivalent
- Strong Financial modelling skills
- Advanced MS Office suite user (particularly Excel)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to remain calm and focussed under pressure
- A continuous improvement mentality to support development of self, colleagues and business processes and interactions
- Attention to detail as well as an ability to see the bigger picture which considers any cross-business implications
- A collaborative team-player who is transparent and has a collaborative, supportive approach
- Proactive in dealing with work
We offer a competitive basic salary (reviewed annually), flexible, hybrid working policy, generous bonus scheme, up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service), holiday exchange scheme, private medical insurance, enhanced parental leave, and reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.