Finance Analyst

Randstad Finance; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A market leading digital travel company in Manchester is seeking a Finance Analyst to join their Financial Planning & Analysis team. This role offers a hybrid working model, requiring one day in the office, and provides a competitive daily rate of up to £358 via umbrella or PAYE. The ideal candidate should have strong data processing and financial analysis experience, along with expertise in data visualization tools. Responsibilities include variance analysis, reporting, and supporting business decision-making through data insights.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of data processing experience (SQL, Hadoop, Excel).
• 2+ years experience as a financial analyst in a large organization.
• Commercial experience with data visualisation tools.

Responsibilities

• Create variance analysis for KPIs comparing with budgets.
• Support business decision making through data analysis.
• Build & maintain regular reporting.

Skills

Data processing experience

Experience as a financial analyst

Data visualisation skills

Stakeholder relationship development

Tools

SQL

Hadoop

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

We are partnering with a market leading digital travel company in their search for a Finance Analyst within their Financial Planning & Analysis team. This role is based in Manchester, and will run for 3 months initially, offering hybrid working (1 day per week in the office) and a day rate of up to 358 per day via umbrella (or PAYE equivalent) for the right candidate.

As the Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Creating variance analysis comparing performance of KPIs with agreed targets and budgets
• Support business decision making through exploring business questions using data analysis and visualisation
• Support the business by providing information and insight into past, current and potential future trading activities, highlighting opportunities and risks to improve business performance
• Support on rebates analysis - tracking performance, producing reconciliations, reporting to finance, producing scenario analysis to assist with profitability decisions
• Build & maintain regular reporting
• Develop efficient, automated reporting as requested by the business on an ad hoc basis
• Maintain key reports, metrics and workflows running within their scope
• Support the business planning processes by forecasting the relevant KPI performance
• Support on commercially focused projects, providing relevant insights, reporting and financial impact information

This role could be right for you if you have:

• 1-2 years of data processing experience (SQL, Hadoop, Excel etc.)
• 2+ years experience within a financial analyst role for a large organisation
• Commercial experience using data visualisation skills (Power BI, Tableau, Excel etc.)
• Ability to effectively develop strong stakeholder relationships at all levels of the business

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003