Finance Analyst I

LexisNexis; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A global provider of legal information in Exeter is seeking a Finance Associate responsible for financial ownership and reporting. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Finance and early-stage experience in the field. Strong analytical skills and a proactive approach are essential to succeed in this role. The company promotes a flexible working pattern to support work/life balance.

Benefits

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Early-stage professional experience in finance.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with attention to detail.
• Confident working with data and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly variance analysis and ensure issues are understood by finance and business partners.
• Assist with sales reporting, highlighting risks and opportunities based on performance.
• Support maintenance of financial systems.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Clear communication

Proactiveness

Education

Degree in Finance or equivalent experience

Job description

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

About the Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (www.relx.com), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles (https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).

About the Role

• Taking financial ownership of various cost, revenue, and profit centres.
• Supporting maintenance of various financial systems & processes.
• Supporting in sales performance reporting and forecasting.
• Supporting in calculation and processing of commission payments.
• Ad-hoc financial support across LexisNexis UK.

Key Responsibilities

Ownership of cost & profit centres

• Perform monthly variance analysis and ensure any issues are understood by finance and business partners.
• Perform quarterly forecasts.
• Help identify any highlight any risks or opportunities.
• Ensure transactions are coded and accounted for correctly.
• Prepare monthly reports and ensure understood by business partners.

Support maintenance of various financial systems & processes

• Oversight of various finance systems
• Calculate, process, and validate system maintenance changes including budget restatements, creation of new cost centres, mapping of products etc.

Reporting

• Assist with sales reporting, highlighting any risks and opportunities based on performance and pipeline
• Assist with pack production for sales performance review

Ad-hoc

• Assist with pack production for sales performance reviews

Required Skills & Competencies

• Degree or equivalent experience in Finance.
• Early-stage professional experience in finance.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with attention to detail.
• Confident working with data and financial systems.
• Clear communicator who can build relationships across teams.
• Proactive and curious, with a desire to learn and grow in a supportive environment

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

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