Finance Analyst

Marks Sattin Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Marks Sattin Ltd in East Leeds is partnering to recruit a Finance Analyst into their finance function. You will turn financial and operational data into insights, supporting senior stakeholders with informed decision-making and business performance.

The role offers exposure across finance, operations and commercial teams, with broad commercial involvement and opportunities to influence high-profile projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial reporting, KPI and variance analysis.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Attention to detail with a curious, commercially minded approach.

Responsibilities

• Produce and analyse financial reporting, KPIs and management information.
• Conduct variance analysis to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Translate large datasets into clear, commercially relevant insight.
• Develop reports and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Support asset performance and capex analysis.
• Partner with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate reporting processes.
• Support the wider finance team with ad-hoc analysis and projects.

Skills

Financial reporting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Part-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Marks Sattin are delighted to be partnering with an established and successful business in East Leeds to recruit a Finance Analyst into their finance function.

This is a newly created role offering excellent exposure across finance, operations and commercial teams. You'll play a key role in turning financial and operational data into meaningful insight, supporting senior stakeholders with informed decision-making and business performance.

The role

Key responsibilities will include:

• Producing and analysing financial reporting, KPIs and management information
• Conducting variance analysis to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Translating large datasets into clear, commercially relevant insight
• Developing reports and dashboards to support decision-making
• Supporting asset performance and capex analysis
• Partnering with finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Identifying opportunities to improve and automate reporting processes
• Supporting the wider finance team with ad-hoc analysis and projects

The ideal candidate

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience within an industry finance environment
• Strong financial reporting, KPI and variance analysis experience
• Excellent Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• A curious, commercially minded approach with excellent attention to detail
• Part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA

Experience within a service-led or asset-intensive business would be advantageous.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a sizeable organisation in a newly created role offering broad commercial exposure, senior stakeholder interaction and involvement in high-profile projects.