Commercial Finance Analyst

Robert Walters UK; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Commercial Finance Analyst in a high-growth environment. This role involves driving strategic decision-making through financial insights and automating trading reports. You'll collaborate with various teams to enhance business performance, while also developing P&L forecasts and dashboards. The company fosters a culture of growth and innovation, empowering employees to excel. If you're ready to leverage your analytical skills and finance qualifications in a dynamic setting, this position is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in handling large data sets and creating reports/dashboards.
• Strong Excel skills required for data extraction and modelling.

Responsibilities

• Automate trading reporting and create dashboards for insights.
• Support P&L rolling forecast models and analyze performance.

Skills

Excel Data Extraction

Data Transformation

Data Modelling

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Budgeting

Forecasting

Planning

Communication Skills

Education

CIMA

ACA

ACCA

Tools

Power Query

Tableau

Job description

My client is offering an exciting opportunity for a commercially astute, ambitious Commercial Finance Analyst to join their team. This role offers the chance to work in a high-growth, fast-paced division, driving strategic decision-making and providing financial insights that support the growth of their products and services.
* Hybrid: 2-days in office, 3-days WFH
* Permanent & full-time role
* £45,000 - £50,000

Responsibilities:

As a Commercial Finance Analyst, your role will be pivotal in driving strategic decision-making within the company. You will be tasked with automating trading reporting and creating dashboards that provide key commercial insights, ultimately driving improvements in business performance. Your responsibilities will also include supporting the creation and maintenance of P&L rolling forecast models, along with analysing P&L and trading performance against forecasts and previous years. This crucial work will underpin the decision-making process for the senior leadership team.

• Automate trading reporting and create dashboards to provide key commercial insights
• Support the creation and maintenance of P&L rolling forecast models
• Analyse P&L and trading performance vs. forecast and prior years
• Present/communicate key insights coherently to the senior leadership team
• Work with different teams across the group, utilising strong communication and people skills
• Validate and distribute commercial information within the business on a timely basis

The Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate for this Commercial Finance Analyst role will bring a wealth of experience in handling large amounts of data - extracting data from source, manipulating it to build reports/dashboards. You will have excellent excel data extraction, transformation and modelling skills coupled with experience using SQL, Power BI/Power Query, Tableau or similar programs. A finance qualification (or part qualification) such as CIMA / ACA or ACCA is required along with a high level of accuracy and a keen eye for detail.

• Excellent excel data extraction, transformation and modelling skills
• Experience with SQL, Power BI/Power Query, Tableau, or similar programs
• Ability to handle large amounts of data - extracting data from source, manipulating data to build reports / dashboards
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting, and planning
• High level of accuracy and a strong eye for detail

The Company:

This company prides itself on its commitment to growth, investment and service excellence. They believe in empowering their employees – always offering support and encouraging innovation.

Next Steps:

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Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

About the job

Contract Type: FULL_TIME
Specialism: Accountancy & Finance
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Associate
Location: Bracknell
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum