Financial Analyst - Milton Keynes Competitive salary on offer great benefits package A Finance Analyst is required by market leading multinational audit & analytics firm. A global business, specialising in audit profit recovery. We continue to innovate in the source-to-settle arena and today are the preferred supplier analytics provider for many of the world's leading brands, i.e. Tesco's, Sainsbury's and Costco's. We excel in fast-paced, data intensive industries like retail where we partner with 75% of the top global retailers. The successful candidate will have experience of working in an analyst type function and will work to provide accurate data based information on a company profitability, solvency stability and liquidity. In this role you will research and analyse financial information to help our client's make well informed decisions, you will write reports and monitor financial movement. This is a great opportunity to join a firm that prides itself on professional client service, career progression and staff satisfaction.

Responsibilities:
- Consolidate and analyse financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts etc.) taking into account company's goals and financial standing. - Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance. - Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks - Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking and process analysis. - Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models. - Identify trends, advise company and recommend actions to a senior financial analyst based on sound analysis. - Track and determine financial status by analysing actual results in comparison with forecasts. - Reconcile transactions by comparing and correcting data. - Gain and update job knowledge to remain informed about novelty in the field. - Consult with management to guide and influence long term and strategic decision making within the broadest scope. - Drive process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function. Key skills required: - Experience of working within a finance or audit department - Strong Numerical skills - Financial analysis skill set - Knowledge of audit recovery would be extremely beneficial for this role - Proven working experience as a Finance Analyst - Proficient in spreadsheets, databases, MS Office and financial software applications - Hands on experience with statistical analysis and statistical packages - Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills - Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis - Well informed in current financial subjects, accounting, tax laws, money market and business environments - BSC/BA/MA degree in Finance, Economics or related field To apply please send a copy of your CV and we will get back to you. Job Types: Full-time, Permanent By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are acting as consultants for the hiring company. Ortolan People are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.