Finance Analyst (IT Division)

Artis Recruitment; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (2 office days/week)

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is seeking a commercially minded Finance Analyst to bridge finance and IT within a professional services business in central Bristol. You will work with the IT leadership team, finance colleagues and key stakeholders to manage budgets, monitor expenditure and provide insightful analysis to support informed decision‑making.

This hybrid role requires 2 office days per week. You will analyse IT budgets, forecast variances, and produce clear monthly reports for IT and senior

Qualifications

• Analytical finance professional with IT cost awareness.
• Experience supporting IT budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong attention to detail and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Support IT division budgeting and forecasts on an annual basis.
• Analyse actual expenditure vs budget, identify variances and trends.
• Produce monthly management reports for IT and senior finance stakeholders.
• Partner with IT budget holders to understand spending and procurement.

Skills

Budget management

IT cost management

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Tools

Power BI

Job description

We are looking for a commercially minded Finance Analyst to be the bridge between finance and IT within a fantastic professional services business with offices in central Bristol. Working closely with the IT leadership team, finance colleagues and key stakeholders across the business, you will help manage budgets, monitor expenditure and provide insightful analysis to support informed decision‑making. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of finance, technology and business operations.

• Key responsibilities will be to support the preparation, management and ongoing monitoring of the IT divisions annual budget and forecasts.
• Analyse actual expenditure against budget, running costs, contract costs, identifying variances, trends and areas requiring attention along with producing clear and insightful monthly management reports for IT and senior finance stakeholders.
• You’ll partner with the IT budget holders to understand spending, challenge assumptions and support effective financial management as well as track IT operating costs, technology investments, projects and supplier spend.
• Critically within this role you’ll assist with forecasting and scenario modelling to assess the financial impact of business and technology decisions and support month-end activities, including accruals, reconciliations and reporting.

You will be an analytical and collaborative finance professional who is deadline focused and who can translate financial information into clear, practical insight. You will have excellent attention to detail, be very motivated in building relationships and understanding business needs through questioning and foresight and be comfortable working with stakeholders who may not have a finance background.

Ideally you’ll have previous experience of supporting budget management in an IT, technology or professional services environment as would experience with project accounting, technology procurement or IT cost management. Systems skills will include advanced excel skills, Power BI and any other useful data tools.

This role comes with hybrid working where 2 office days a week are required.