Finance Analysts

Manpower UK Limited; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing solutions provider is seeking a motivated Finance Analyst for their Finance Business Partnering team in Coventry. This hybrid role offers competitive pay and involves delivering strategic financial analysis and insights to support operational leaders. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and using Power BI. Join a company committed to sustainability and providing opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday (Pro Rata)

Access to discounts on adventure days

Access to upskilling programme

Possible permanent opportunities

Weekly pay

Qualifications

• Experience in financial analysis and reporting.
• Ability to quickly adapt and work independently.
• Strong capability to build relationships and influence decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Support the budget process through to conclusion.
• Review and update forecast models for accuracy.
• Work closely with operational teams on forecasts and cost breakdowns.
• Perform variance and trend analysis to identify opportunities.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Power BI

Budget preparation

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Finance Analysts

Location: Coventry, CV4 8JP
Salary: £24.00ph - 26.44ph, DOE
Contract: Temp: 3 Months with possibility of extension.
Working hours: 40 hours, Mon - Fri, between 8:00am to 5:30pm
Hybrid Working: 3 days in office, 2 days from home.

About the role

We are seeking a motivated Finance Analyst to join our high-performing Finance Business Partnering team. As part of the Finance Transformation programme, you'll help drive key initiatives to completion, delivering strategic financial analysis, clear insight and robust decision support to Operational leaders and other key functions. You'll join a commercially minded team who act as trusted finance advisors—strengthening financial awareness across the business, ensuring accurate reporting and influencing decision-making. This contract role requires someone who can quickly get up to speed, work independently, build strong relationships and proactively improve financial performance.

Responsibilities Activities and Deliverables

• Working alongside other analysts in the business, you will come onboard at a busy budget preparation period and support the budget process through to conclusion.
• Roll forward forecast models for the 2026 reporting calendar to ensure we maintain forecast accuracy—review forecast assumptions and update as needed (eg NMW & NLW legislation changes).
• Support on the Finance Transformation program with specific focus on using Power BI—migrating legacy excel reports as part of our drive to introduce a Single Source of Truth mantra.
• Support on P&L reporting and monthly financial analysis across the portfolio.
• Act as additional bandwidth within the team to alleviate any bottleneck.
• Work closely with Operational and Contract Management teams to support and challenge forecasts, accruals, and cost breakdowns.
• Perform variance and trend analysis, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Support the Finance Business Partners in preparing presentations for Regional Business Reviews, budgets, and reforecasts.
• Contribute to process improvements and help guide non-finance colleagues with clear, actionable financial insights.

You can look forward to the following benefits:

• 28 days paid holiday (Pro Rata)
• Access to Manpower Rewards (Discounts on adventure days)
• Access to the MyPath upskilling programme
• Possible permanent opportunities for the right candidate
• Weekly pay

About our client

You will work for a company that genuinely cares and has a strong Sustainability Strategy with a focus on responsibility at the heart of their three pillars of People, Planet and Performance. Our client is Europe's leading provider of soft landscaping services and landscape creation projects. As the top soft landscaping provider in the UK, they offer a comprehensive range of services, including professional open space management, soft landscaping design and build, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, and waterways management.

Apply now and a member of our Team will be in contact!