CEN - Senior Finance Analyst - Finance

inploi; Peacehaven; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent engineering firm in the UK seeks a Senior Finance Analyst to join their team. The role involves a mix of financial analysis and project management duties, focusing on forecasting, cost tracking, and project profitability. The ideal candidate holds a degree in finance or a related field, with certifications preferred. Strong Excel skills and analytical abilities are essential. The firm promotes progression and offers a supportive development path to their employees.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Finance Analyst or Senior Analyst is required.
• Solid understanding of financial reporting and project accounting is essential.
• Experience in engineering, construction, or industrial manufacturing environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Handle a range of finance duties including forecasting and tracking costs.
• Monitor project profitability, focusing on performance and improvements.
• Collaborate with finance manager and project teams to ensure reliable financial information.
• Prepare insights and updates for the monthly reporting cycle.
• Improve processes and simplify reports where possible.
• Ensure financial data for new projects is accurate and up-to-date.

Skills

Financial analysis

Project management

Strong Excel skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or similar

Professional certification (CIMA, ACCA, CPA)

Tools

Finance/ERP systems

Job description

Senior Finance Analyst

Hybrid, West Yorkshire (Leeds, Dewsbury, Bradford)

Full Time Permanent Opportunity

NG Bailey are looking for a confident and motivated Senior Finance Analyst to join our team at our offsite manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire. In this role, you’ll blend day‑to‑day financial analysis with some light project management, helping us keep everything running smoothly across projects in our Engineering Division. If you enjoy working with data, collaborating with others, and keeping things organised, this could be a great fit.

The division is rapidly growing and this is a new position being brought in to support us as we go from strength to strength. We are keen to get an ambitious and experienced analyst looking to grow develop in their career and are happy to support and offer opportunities for the successful applicant to do so.

What You’ll Do

• Handle a range of finance duties — forecasting, tracking costs, analysing results, and supporting project decisions.
• Keep a close eye on project profitability, making sure we understand how each project is performing and where improvements can be made. Including analysis of commercial risk and opportunities.
• Work closely with the finance manager and project teams to make sure deadlines are met and our financial information is reliable.
• Support our monthly reporting cycle by preparing numbers, insights, and updates for the team.
• Look for ways to improve how we work, whether that’s simplifying reports or tightening up our processes.
• Help set up new projects and make sure our financial data is accurate, up-to-date, and easy to work with.

What We’re Looking For

• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or something similar.
• Professional certification (e.g., CIMA, ACCA, CPA) is preferred.
• Experience as a Finance Analyst or Senior Analyst — bonus points if you've worked in engineering, construction, industrial manufacturing or project-based environments.
• Solid understanding of financial reporting and project accounting.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with finance/ERP systems.
• Someone organised, analytical, and comfortable working with lots of data.
• A team player who communicates clearly and can juggle multiple tasks without losing track.

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward‑thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground‑breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.