Finance Analyst

Global; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major finance company in London is seeking a Finance Analyst for its Outdoor Gross Margin team. You will shape strategic financial decisions, deliver financial planning, and analyze data to drive growth. Ideal candidates should have strong analytical skills, be proactive problem solvers, and have excellent communication abilities. The role offers an opportunity to partner with senior stakeholders and support key franchise relationships.

Qualifications

• Strong financial analysis and modelling skills, with the ability to work with complex data and drive insights.
• Proactive, asking the right questions and solving business problems.
• Highly organized and accurate in handling multiple tasks.
• Confident with financial systems, Excel, and BI tools exposure preferred.
• Able to present insights clearly to stakeholders.
• Collaborative attitude with a desire for learning.
• Recently qualified or equivalent experience, preferably in industry or professional services.

Responsibilities

• Understand and own the reporting cycles for franchise partners ensuring accuracy.
• Develop financial models to track performance.
• Support the delivery of forecasts and reports for senior stakeholders.
• Leverage performance data to drive business changes.
• Build effective relationships across Finance.

Skills

Strong financial analysis and modelling skills

Proactive & Curious

Attention to Detail

Tech-Savvy

Strong Communicator

Team Player

Career Focused

Job description

Accepting applications until: 31 October 2025

Finance Analyst – Outdoor Gross Margin

Your Role: Finance Analyst, Outdoor Gross Margin

Join a high-impact finance team at the heart of Global’s commercial engine. As a Finance Analyst in the Outdoor Gross Margin team, you’ll play a key role in shaping strategic decisions that drive growth, efficiency, and value across the Outdoor business. You’ll partner with senior stakeholders and support relationships with our key franchise partners, delivering impactful financial planning and analysis.

What You’ll Love About This Role

• Think Big: Influence high-impact decisions and work closely with senior leaders across the business.
• Own It: Play a key part in supporting our franchise relationships including monitoring, reporting, financial planning and providing insightful analysis.
• Keep it Simple: Turn complex data into clear, actionable insights. Simplify processes, standardise reporting, and help the business stay focused on what matters most.
• Better Together: Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior decision makers by building trust and strong working relationships

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you’ll:

• Understand and own the reporting cycles to our key franchise partners with a focus on accuracy and transparency.
• Develop and maintain detailed financial models and data sets to understand and track performance.
• Support the delivery of forecasts, budgets, and reporting packs that are used by senior stakeholders to shape decisions.
• Be able to take monthly performance data and leverage it to drive change and action within the business.
• Build effective working relationships across Finance and the business, becoming a go-to person for insight on our franchise partnerships.

What You’ll Need

• Analytical Mindset: Strong financial analysis and modelling skills, with the ability to work with complex data and drive insights.
• Proactive & Curious: Someone who asks the right questions, challenges assumptions, and is excited by solving business problems.
• Attention to Detail: Highly organised, comfortable working across multiple tasks with strong accuracy.
• Tech-Savvy: Confident working with financial systems, Excel, and ideally some exposure to BI or visualisation tools.
• Strong Communicator: Able to present insights clearly and engage effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Team Player: A collaborative, positive attitude with a desire to learn and grow.
• Career Focused: Recently qualified (or equivalent experience), ideally from industry or a professional services background, with an interest in progressing within Commercial Finance.