Parkside Recruitment are currently assisting a leading Commercial Company with their search for a Business Analyst on a permanent basis. Due to this role being a divisional position, the client is flexible on location and they have offices based in Loudwater, Greenford and Wimborne or they would even consider you to be home based for some of the working week. In order to apply you will be a Qualified Accountant and have experience of financial business partnering, business analytics and internal audit. You will also possess strong excel skills including the capability to extract data in a strategic and operational way. You will work closely with the Divisional team, the Business Finance Directors and their teams, as well as the Head Office Finance team. This role will also have ther potential to act as a stepping stone towards career progression within the business to Financial Control or Finance Director level. Your key responsibilities will include: Supporting the Divisional Management Team with insightful information to facilitate business decisions - This will include operational, financial and marketing information. Running financial reporting processes for month end, forecast and the strategic planning Managing the Balanced Scorecard process, ensuring consistency of data across businesses and on-time, high quality data reporting Running the budget process and complete budget analysis Using expert level Excel database analysis skills to interrogate data from multiple sources Person Specification: Educated to degree level Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA). Advanced excel capability to include analytical tools to extract data from non-Microsoft sources Finance Business partnering in an engineering/complex project environment would be of advantage but isn't essential Internal audit background a plus Parkside Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.Parkside Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.