Working for this award-winning business in Chester, the Commercial Finance Analyst will be responsible for providing support on new, business improvement initiatives, and the identification of future opportunities through robust and insightful analysis to drive future margin growth. The company's success has been recognised both within and beyond their industry, having won a prestigious "Best in Industry" award for the last four years, and have been recognised by the London Stock Exchange Group as one of the "1,000 companies to inspire Britain". The Commercial Finance Analyst will be rewarded with a staff pension, private medical insurance, death in service scheme, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, long service awards and staff discount. To apply for theCommercial Finance Analyst role, you will be a qualified accountant, or be highly financially literate with proven skills in data modelling, consulting, analytical work. The Commercial Finance Analyst will have exceptional Excel skills, particularly in dealing with large data sets, combined with the ability to run SQL queries on databases. Key

Responsibilities:
A highly analytical role to provide support on new, business improvement initiatives Identification of future opportunities through robust and insightful analysis Influence key stakeholders and generate change in the business, to drive future margin growth Assist in the delivery of business improvement projects Use financial, commercial and technical experience to produce robust, accurate, commercial analysis Work closely with the Business Information team, on large and complex data sets Work alongside the business to improve core processes so performance and profitability drivers can be embedded into the business Clearly articulate the commercial benefits of new initiatives Identify controls and guardrails to manage risks associated with new projects Essential Skills: Qualified Accountant, or highly financially literate (data modelling, consulting, analyst) Excellent Excel skills, particularly in dealing with large data sets Ability to run SQL queries on databases Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to seek, identify and progress initiatives and ideas High degree of emotional intelligence Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people across the business, not just finance Organised, an efficient and effective planner who can prioritise and manage multiple work streams Experience with business change/ efficiency/ improvement programmes Strong influencing skills Flexibility, adaptability and ability to with and influence a wide variety of people across the business Comfortable with change management, and challenging the status quo Keywords : Accountant, accountancy, SQL, analyst, analytical, data analysis Unfortunately due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven't contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds