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Part-Qualified Finance Analyst

Employer
Walker Hamill Ltd
Location
London, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 21, 2019

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Job Role
Trainee Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
An exciting opportunity exists for an ambitious Finance Analyst to join the Group FP&A team of a successful private equity backed education group. Reporting into the Head of FP&A, this role will support the financial planning, forecasting and budgeting process, while maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the business. The successful candidate will have previous analytical experience gained within a dynamic finance team and be actively studying towards an accountancy qualification. Description Partnering closely with budget holders across the business, this role will facilitate the understanding and reporting of key performance indicators and optimising financial business processes. The role will entail working closely with the central finance team to prepare annual plans and provide analysis of monthly financial results, whilst championing revenue growth by producing intelligent financial analysis that facilitates business decisions. Business Partnering: Building and maintaining strong relationships with non-finance stakeholders across multiple cost centres to understand business drivers and deliver all aspects of reporting and analysis. Providing adhoc financial analysis pre and post month end. Analyse past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends and make recommendations for improvements. Challenge results and seek opportunities to increase income/reduce costs. Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting. Identify and drive process improvements. Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools. Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting: Producing annual budgets and strategic plans, working with the business to build and challenge key assumptions. Producing, uploading and checking quarterly forecasts, identify risks and opportunities and understanding trends and providing key performance indicators. Report monthly, quarterly, and annual results with review and analysis of key trends to all key stakeholders. Management information which reports budget and forecast variances, analysis on performance and profitability, assessing future scenarios and providing recommendations to the business based on analysis. At peak periods or during absences, requirement to assist the wider finance team around month end/year end/group audits. Skills Actively studying (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent). Good understanding of advanced MS Excel. Strong time management skills: ability to prioritise workload, work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with experience of providing financial guidance to non-financial stakeholders. Able to work self-sufficiently, problem solve and identify opportunities to add value above and beyond existing processes. Commercially strong with analytical skills. Positive attitude and motivated by continuous improvement and high quality output. Attention to detail but able to see the bigger picture. Knowledgeable user of financial systems such as Microsoft Dynamics AX and TM1 (desirable). Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for 30 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe. For more information, please see the Walker Hamill website.

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