Financial Analyst

CMA Recruitment Group; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK seeks a Financial Reporting Analyst to modernise financial and KPI reporting. The successful candidate will automate processes, enhance data structures, and support faster decision-making. Strong Excel skills are essential, and experience with financial data in a multi-entity environment is preferred. This position offers a competitive salary, pension contribution, and valuable benefits, making it an attractive opportunity for finance professionals.

Benefits

6% employer pension contribution

22 days holiday plus bank holidays

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience working with financial data across multiple systems or entities.
• Understanding of accounting principles and management reporting.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on improving workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate financial and KPI reporting to enhance accuracy.
• Consolidate data from multiple sources for validated reporting outputs.
• Partner with Finance Manager to improve management reporting tools.

Skills

Advanced Excel capability

Experience with financial data

Attention to detail

Power BI experience

Tools

Power Query

Power Pivot

Power Automate

Job description

CMA is partnering with a growing and forward-thinking organisation to recruit a Financial Reporting Analyst. This newly created role sits at the heart of the finance function and will play a major part in modernising financial and KPI reporting across a multi-entity group.

Working closely with the Finance Manager and project teams, you'll streamline processes, enhance data structures, and build reliable reporting solutions that support smarter, faster decision‑making. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys problem‑solving, improving systems, and taking ownership of automated reporting.

What will the Financial Reporting Analyst role involve?

• Develop and automate group‑wide financial and KPI reporting, reducing manual workload and improving accuracy
• Consolidate data from multiple sources and ensure consistent, validated reporting outputs
• Build scalable Excel, Power Query and Power Pivot models, with scope to support dashboard development
• Strengthen data structures, workflows and templates to support a system upgrade and ongoing process improvements
• Partner with Finance Manager to enhance management reporting, budgeting tools and analytical insights

Suitable Candidate for the Financial Reporting Analyst vacancy:

• Advanced Excel capability including Power Query/Power Pivot, with strong data‑handling confidence
• Experience working with financial data across multiple systems or entities
• Understanding of accounting principles and management reporting
• Strong attention to detail, comfortable improving workflows and designing scalable reporting tools
• Power BI or workflow automation experience (such as Power Automate) beneficial but not essential

Additional benefits and information for the Financial Reporting Analyst role:

• Salary circa £40,000 £45,000 depending on experience
• 6% employer pension contribution (with 3% employee)
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Beautiful working environment, supportive team culture and on‑site parking

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