Finance Analyst

Page Personnel; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Page Personnel is recruiting a Finance Analyst to join our team in Aylesbury. You will develop, maintain and enhance Power BI dashboards and reporting tools to drive business performance, with a focus on stock valuation, cost of sales and pricing analysis.

You will deliver monthly business analysis packs for senior leadership, ensure data integrity, and partner with the finance team on ad hoc projects and process improvements. A strong Excel and Power BI background is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing financial data and turning it into clear, useful information.
• Confidence preparing financial reports and checking figures for accuracy.
• Strong numerical skills with careful handling of financial information.
• Experience working with colleagues to collect, review and validate data.
• Ability to identify trends and explain variances clearly.
• Excellent Excel & system skills including Power BI knowledge.
• Practical understanding of Accounting & Finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance Power BI dashboards, apps and reporting solutions to support business performance and decision-making.
• Manage the flow of data into Power BI, ensuring reporting accuracy and integrity.
• Produce month-end stock valuation reporting and branch stock reporting templates.
• Generate and analyse key financial and commercial reports, including cost of sales journals, price variance analysis, order book reporting and product pricing performance.
• Prepare insightful monthly business analysis packs and presentations for senior leadership and executive meetings.
• Deliver annual sales order book gap analysis and support ongoing sales performance reporting.
• Maintain and update critical business reporting spreadsheets and data sources.
• Partner with the wider finance team on ad hoc projects, process improvements and business analysis initiatives.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

Financial analysis

Data validation

Reporting

Tools

Power BI (Desktop)

Excel

Job description

• Fantastic opportunity to develop in your career.
• Analyse a variety of different trends across different data sets.

About Our Client

The organisation operates in the Property industry in Aylesbury.

Job Description

The Finance Analyst responsibilities include:

• Develop, maintain and enhance Power BI dashboards, apps and reporting solutions to support business performance and decision-making.
• Manage the flow of data into Power BI, ensuring reporting accuracy, integrity and continuous improvement of existing analytics tools.
• Produce month-end stock valuation reporting, maintain stock cost data and prepare branch stock reporting templates.
• Generate and analyse key financial and commercial reports, including cost of sales journals, price variance analysis, order book reporting and product pricing performance.
• Prepare insightful monthly business analysis packs and presentations for senior leadership and executive meetings.
• Deliver annual sales order book gap analysis and support ongoing sales performance reporting.
• Maintain and update critical business reporting spreadsheets and data sources.
• Partner with the wider finance team on ad hoc projects, process improvements and business analysis initiatives.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Finance Analyst should have:

• Experience of analysing financial data and turning it into clear, useful information.
• Confidence preparing financial reports and checking figures for accuracy.
• Strong numerical skills and a careful approach to handling financial information.
• Experience working with colleagues to collect, review and validate data.
• The ability to identify trends and explain variances in a clear way.
• Excellent Excel & system skills including Power BI knowledge.
• A practical understanding of Accounting & Finance processes.

What's on Offer

• Permanent Finance Analyst position based in Aylesbury.
• Salary of £40,000 to £43,000, dependent on the level of experience.