Finance Analyst

Nouvo Recruitment; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks an experienced Financial Analyst for a key role. This position, based in Borehamwood, requires a part-qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years of financial accounting experience, ideally in the real estate lending or financial services sectors. The successful candidate will track and analyze institutional funding performance, prepare detailed financial reports, and support audits. The company offers 25 days holiday, private healthcare, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare

Employer contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of financial accounting experience, preferably in real estate lending.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a sense of urgency.
• Familiarity with VLOOKUP, sumif, and pivot table in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Review daily transactions for accurate cash movement.
• Prepare and present monthly financial reports.
• Support the monthly review of business performance.
• Liaise with third party administrators for reporting.
• Assist in the annual external audit.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Decision-making skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Part-qualified accountant

Job description

FINANCIAL ANALYST

No hybrid working available

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare

Employer contributory pension scheme

A fantastic opportunity to work for our established client, who are a significant player within their industry and due to an increase in business they are creating a brand-new role as an experienced Financial Analyst (part qualified Accountant) to report directly to the Head of Finance.

The role will be responsible for tracking, analysing and reporting the performance of institutional and private funding facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Management
  • Review daily transactions to ensure accurate and timely movement of cash in accordance with facility rules
  • Prepare and present monthly financial reports in accordance with different funding requirements to provide all stakeholders with detailed analyses
  • Support monthly review of business performance
  • Liaise with 3rd party administrators of institutional finance facilities ensuring a complete and accurate flow of information to enable the administrators to produce monthly reports and annual accounts
  • Support the annual external audit of the company entities answering information requests
• Operations Management
  • Attend weekly meetings with internal departments to understand all activity from origination pipeline to redemptions
  • Produce portfolio concentration analyses in support of drawdown requests
• Process and Controls
  • Gain an in-depth understanding of institutional sector requirements, becoming familiar with the associated legal documentation and reporting templates and processes
  • Work with Head of Finance to develop and maintain detailed process maps

About you

• Part-qualified accountant.
• Minimum of 3 years of financial accounting experience, preferably within the real estate lending or financial services industry.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Regular user of excel including functions such as VLOOKUP, sumif, pivot table (macro skills not required)