Reporting into a Senior Business Partner, you'll play a key role in delivering insightful reporting, budgeting and variance analysis that directly shapes commercial decision-making. You'll partner closely with stakeholders across the business, translating financial data into clear, actionable insights - a fantastic opportunity to build your commercial acumen within a large, complex organisation with genuine scale and career runway
Client:
Our client is a large, nationally recognised business operating across a complex multi-site environment. They are seeking a commercially minded Finance Analyst to join their finance team and partner closely with Finance Business Partners to drive performance, improve decision-making and support strategic growth.
This is a hands-on role that combines financial analysis and commercial insight. You will work closely with sales, operations, supply chain and leadership teams to improve financial outcomes and support operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse, review and report on the financial performance and position of specified branches/regions on a monthly and annual basis against budgets.
- Participate in complex projects in cross-functional teams.
- Facilitating activities such as; cost reduction and process efficiency opportunities, budgeting, forecasting, planning and project evaluations.
- Pursuing value-creating business opportunities as front-line commercial support, and improving the sustainable competitive advantage of the organisation.
- Investigate and explain variances, trends and anomalies including investigations of sales, margins, productivity, labour and material variances, inventory, direct and indirect costs etc.
- Assist with month-end and year-end closes through the processing of journals for provisions/accruals/adjustments etc
- Analyse & report on variances to budgets, history and forecast
- Prepare & distribute variance analysis & snapshot reporting
- Liaise with Branch Managers, Area Business Managers and General Managers, and assist with achieving regional profitability and growth targets.
Skills & Requirements:
- University Degree Qualification in Commerce/Accounting/Finance
- Professional CPA / Chartered Accountant
- Strong technical accounting skills
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills
- Ability to multi-task assignments and appropriately prioritise tasks to meet deadlines
- Strong commitment to team culture and performance
- High levels of energy and drive – Performance-based mindset, results-orientated
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
