Senior Financial Analyst

About the position

Reporting to the FP&A Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for being the key liaison between Finance and business stakeholders with cost and month end management, including budgeting and forecasting.

You will be involved in influencing business financial performance through gathering data and information to produce meaningful financial analysis, models, reports and management presentations.

Responsibilities include:

• Month end close of associated business areas
• Budgeting and forecasting cycles for the relevant business areas
• Providing high quality, complete and detailed analysis of results, including understanding and explaining key drivers of results
• Responsible for budget and forecasts of Group revenue streams; and monthly variance analysis to actuals
• Supporting stakeholders with ad hoc requests on financial matters and data (results, budgets, forecasts, etc.) as well as analysis support to the Finance Business Partner team to enable in depth analysis
• Responsible for monthly/quarterly/half yearly/yearly presentations to stakeholders relating to budget and actuals submissions
• Identifying opportunities for improving data, systems and processes/procedures
• Taking responsibility for monthly Senior Management meetings
• Assisting with the finance business partnering to functional business Heads / Executives to support and guide them via ad hoc financial modeling on pricing, costing and benefit quantification and month end / year end closure and processes

• Financial modeling on product/portfolio profitability

• Automating existing team reports and processes

• Providing support with ad hoc value add requests and activities across Finance/business

Requirements:

• CIMA qualification
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience, preferably in consumer finance or wider financial services industry
• Excellent communication, presentation and business partnering skills
• Strong Excel and reporting skills

Desired Skills:

• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial Services
• Reporting
• Excel
• Financial Modelling