Finance Analyst - Supply Chain & Capital Equipment UK

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Company bonus

Enhanced parental leave policy

Cash allowance for benefits

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise is seeking a Finance Analyst to support the Supply Chain, Procurement and Capital Equipment teams as we scale operations towards full production.

The role focuses on robust financial control, accurate forecasting and insightful performance reporting, with involvement in SAP S/4HANA Phase 2 implementation and data-quality improvement across finance processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Finance Analyst or similar role, ideally supporting Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Manufacturing or Capital Projects.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret financial and operational data and communicate insights clearly.
• Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems; SAP S/4HANA experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support annual budgets, quarterly outlooks and monthly forecasts across Supply Chain and Capital Equipment budgets.
• Analyse trends and performance against budget, providing clear insight and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Support forecasting assumptions, variance analysis and identification of emerging cost and delivery risks.
• Assist with month-end activities, including accruals, prepayments and journal preparation where required.
• Monitor purchase requisitions, purchase orders and supplier commitments to support accurate financial forecasting.
• Analyse supplier spend, logistics costs, warehousing costs and other supply chain expenditures.
• Provide analysis and reporting to support investment decision-making and project governance.

Skills

Finance analysis

Supply chain

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data interpretation

SAP

ERP systems

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP

Job description

Purpose of the Role

Reporting to the Finance Business Partner - Supply Chain, the Finance Analyst will support the Supply Chain, Procurement and Capital Equipment teams as Agratas scales operations towards full production.

The role will provide finance support across supply chain activities, procurement operations and capital equipment programmes, helping ensure robust financial control, accurate forecasting and insightful performance reporting.

The Finance Analyst will play a key role in supporting the implementation of SAP S/4HANA Phase 2, including Materials Management (MM), Procurement, Inventory Management and Project Systems related processes. The role will help embed scalable finance processes, strengthen data quality and reporting capabilities, and support the development of effective financial controls across a rapidly growing organisation.

Working closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Capital Projects and Operational stakeholders, the role is suited to a proactive finance professional who is comfortable operating across financial analysis, systems implementation and day-to-day business support.

Key Responsibility Areas

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support annual budgets, quarterly outlooks and monthly forecasts across Supply Chain and Capital Equipment budgets.
• Analyse trends and performance against budget, providing clear insight and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Support forecasting assumptions, variance analysis and identification of emerging cost and delivery risks.
• Assist with month-end activities, including accruals, prepayments and journal preparation where required.

Supply Chain & Procurement Support

• Support financial governance of procurement activities, ensuring appropriate cost allocation and budget ownership.
• Monitor purchase requisitions, purchase orders and supplier commitments to support accurate financial forecasting.
• Analyse supplier spend, logistics costs, warehousing costs and other supply chain expenditures.
• Assist in developing reporting to improve visibility of committed and actual spend.

Capital Equipment & Project Cost Control

• Support financial management of capital equipment expenditure programmes.
• Track project spend against approved budgets and investment approvals.
• Support forecasting of capital equipment and cashflow requirements.
• Provide analysis and reporting to support investment decision-making and project governance.

SAP S/4HANA Implementation Support

• Support finance readiness activities for SAP S/4HANA Phase 2 implementation.
• Assist in the development and testing of finance, procurement and inventory processes within SAP.
• Support data validation, master data review and reporting requirements.
• Work with business stakeholders to embed consistent processes and controls.
• Contribute to user acceptance testing (UAT), training support and issue resolution activities where required.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and strengthen financial processes and controls.
• Support development of automated reporting and improved data visibility.
• Contribute to establishing scalable finance processes suitable for future operational growth.
• Promote strong financial discipline and governance across Supply Chain and Capital Equipment functions.

Knowledge, SKills And Experience

• Experience in a Finance Analyst or similar role, ideally supporting Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Manufacturing or Capital Projects.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret financial and operational data and communicate insights clearly.
• Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems; SAP S/4HANA experience is advantageous.
• Exposure to purchasing, inventory management or capital project environments would be beneficial.
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced and evolving business environment.

Qualifications / Certifications

• Part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or actively studying towards a recognised professional qualification.
• Experience working within systems-enabled finance environments.

What you'll get...

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work-life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.

You'll work in a rapidly scaling-up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK's biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.