Finance Analyst -Fixed Term Contract

AB Volvo; Warwick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company is seeking a Finance Analyst on a fixed-term contract until February 2027. The role involves supporting financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, alongside collaborating with commercial teams to provide critical financial insights. The candidate should possess strong analytical, presentation, and communication skills, and advanced proficiency in Excel. Opportunities for professional growth and a commitment to a sustainable future are emphasized.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous holiday allowance

Discounts on various purchases

Fitness perks

Qualifications

• A background in reporting, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• You are commercially aware.
• Proficient in data interrogation and presentation skills.
• Possess a continuous improvement mindset.
• Team player with exceptional communication skills.
• Target-oriented and adept under pressure.
• Flexible and proactive attitude with confidentiality respect.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience using data interrogation tools is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on business planning processes.
• Prepare and analyse business area plans.
• Analyse business performance information.
• Monitor and control Operating Capital.
• Support month-end financial close activities.
• Participate in budget and forecasting processes.
• Develop systems for business performance measurement.
• Support internal audits for compliance.
• Assist on projects as needed.

Skills

Reporting

Analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Tools

Business Objects

Power BI

Qlik

SAP

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Finance Analyst – Fixed-Term Contract until February 2027
Location: Warwick
Salary: Competitive

At Volvo Bus, we are not just about buses; we're about innovation, sustainability, and creating a better future for communities around the globe.

We’re looking for a Finance Analyst to join us on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You’ll support financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, providing analysis that helps guide our business decisions.

Working closely with the Commercial teams, you’ll deliver financial insights through data analysis, modelling, and clear reporting to support strategic planning.

• Medical Insurance: Medical insurance coverage is provided by Bupa.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Take advantage of our wellness, mindfulness, and counselling services to support your overall well-being.
• Generous holiday allowance: Start with 25 days and watch it grow to 30 days with length of service, plus bank holidays.
• Discounts on various purchases: Enjoy savings on shopping vouchers, cinema tickets, holidays, and travel.
• Fitness perks: Access MyGymDiscounts and MyActiveDiscounts.

Your New Colleagues

Joining Volvo Bus means becoming part of a close-knit team. You'll work closely with our Business Control Director, alongside a team of passionate Business Controllers, collaborating closely to drive success and foster innovation. Here, you'll find support, mentorship, and a shared commitment

Who are you?

• A background in reporting, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
• You are a commercially aware individual
• Proficient in data interrogation, analysis, and presentation skills
• Possess a continuous improvement mindset, always seeking ways to enhance processes
• A team player with exceptional communication skills, capable of engaging with individuals at all organisational levels
• Target-oriented and adept at working under pressure to meet deadlines
• Display a flexible and proactive attitude, demonstrating respect for confidentiality and the ability to challenge when appropriate
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with data interrogation and presentation tools such as Business Objects, Power BI, and Qlik isadvantageous
• Experience with SAP is advantageous

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Collaborate on the development of business planning processes to ensure alignment with Company objectives, profit targets, and key performance ratios
• Assist in preparing and analysing business area plans while monitoring progress against targets
• Analyse and compile business performance information for the UK and VBC, adhering to commercial and corporate requirements
• Contribute to the monitoring and control of all aspects of Operating Capital
• Support month-end financial close activities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
• Participate in the Budget and forecasting process for Volvo Bus UK as needed
• Aid in the development of systems to facilitate business performance measurement
• Support internal audits to maintain procedural compliance
• Provide input and assistance on projects as required

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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Volvo Buses you join one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable people transport solutions. What we do affects millions of people around the world: passengers, drivers, customers; in fact, entire cities and countries. This job gives you the opportunity to work with the future of people transportation and infrastructure. We have a strong culture of working together to help each other, sharing knowledge and experience. Together, we shape the world we want to live in.

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead,we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

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