Finance Analyst - Revenue

Ordnance Survey; England; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent geographic agency located in England is seeking an experienced Finance Analyst to join their Central Finance team. The successful candidate will maintain robust financial processes and analyze complex revenue data, ensuring compliance with IFRS15 standards. You will collaborate with Finance Business Partners to deliver actionable insights for budgeting and planning. This role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model based in Southampton, with ongoing development support and a focus on excellence.

Qualifications

• Self-starter with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to effectively plan and prioritize work.
• Experience with IFRS15 standards and statutory auditing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain robust financial processes and systems.
• Provide analysis of complex revenue data.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting.

Skills

Working knowledge of IFRS15 revenue recognition

Advanced Excel skills

Self‑starter & Team player

Microsoft D365 experience desired

Expertise in reporting solutions such as Power BI

Strong analytical skills

Education

Working Toward Professional Qualification

Tools

Microsoft D365

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Job description

Finance Analyst | Fulltime | Permanent | Salary £36,911 - £43,063 (dependent on experience) | 50 / 50 Hybrid working

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Financial Analyst with a background in revenue to join our Central Finance team, part of the wider Enterprise Services community. This position is responsible for maintaining robust financial processes, systems, and controls, as well as providing comprehensive analysis of complex revenue data. The role plays a pivotal part in promoting effective financial management across OS.

The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing improvement initiatives, driving efficiencies and ensuring that accounting entries comply with IFRS15 standards and statutory audit requirements. Additionally, responsibilities include supporting, developing, and maintaining systems and associated processes to facilitate effective financial planning, monitoring, and reporting. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are essential.

A critical aspect of this role involves providing stakeholders across the organization with guidance and up‑to‑date information to ensure compliance with financial policies and enhance organisational understanding of financial data. Collaboration with Finance Business Partners and Customer Account Managers is required to ensure accurate revenue reporting for business units, expert functions and by Customer. The role supports monthly, quarterly, and year‑end reporting, delivering variance analysis on customer revenue and actionable insights to inform future planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities.

Key skills & experience we are looking for

• Working knowledge of IFRS15 revenue recognition
• Working Toward Professional Qualification
• Advanced Excel skills
• Self‑starter & Team player
• Microsoft D365 experience desired but not essential
• Expertise in reporting solutions for example Power BI desirable
• Ability to effectively plan & prioritize work, meeting deadlines in fast paced environment
• Strong analytical skills, questions data & looks for root cause

Here is a snapshot of the technologies that we use

• Microsoft D365
• Microsoft office
• Huddle
• Workday
• Inflo
• Power BI

Ordnance Survey is proud to be an accredited CIMA Development Quality Partner, demonstrating our commitment to supporting finance professionals in furthering their development and careers.

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Location

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to spend 50% of your time with the remaining time being a personal choice as to whether you work from home or spend more time at OSHQ.

Security

OS conducts pre‑employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS).

Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role.

Closing date

Sunday 4th January 2026 at 23 : 59

Please submit a covering letter with brief details as to why you are interested in the role.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in person at Ordnance Survey Head office.

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role, therefore you must have the right to work in the UK, without the need for employer sponsorship.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.