Financial Analyst

EA First; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A company in the life sciences sector is seeking a Financial Analyst to enhance financial practices. You will focus on forecasting, reporting, and process improvements, working within a collaborative team. The role offers remote working, generous holidays, and extensive personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Remote-working flexibility

Generous holiday - 27 days + Christmas shutdown

Regular salary reviews

Enhanced pension contributions

Health & wellbeing cover

Life assurance - 4x salary from day one

In-person team days

Support for ongoing training

Qualifications

• Experience in finance or accounting with a strong grounding.
• Familiarity with ARR and revenue recognition.
• Experience in finance system implementation or process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead forecasting and modelling for revenue.
• Produce insightful monthly sales win reporting.
• Contribute to projects improving financial infrastructure.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical Thinking

Attention to Detail

Presentation Skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Power BI

Job description

You'll be part of a mission-driven business, working with a collaborative, supportive team that values both people and performance. The company culture is open, ambitious, and respectful-with a strong focus on getting the work done without unnecessary complexity.

This is an opportunity to shape and optimise finance in a business that's truly making a difference

You'll work across forecasting, financial reporting, and process improvement-playing a key role in delivering the data and insight that fuels strategic decisions across the business.

We're partnered with an ambitious and growing business in the life sciences space, who are on a mission to simplify risk-based quality management in clinical trials. Their technology directly improves the safety and efficiency of trials-contributing to life-saving outcomes. As they continue to scale, they're looking for a commercially astute Financial Analyst to join their high-performing Finance team.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead forecasting and modelling: Maintain and refine the company's Win & Revenue forecast and support the evolution of broader financial models.
• Produce insightful reporting: Own monthly sales win reporting, produce rolling cashflow forecasts, and contribute to monthly management packs with actionable insights.
• Support financial operations: Assist in preparing year-end audit schedules and contribute to the company's R&D Tax Credit submissions.
• Drive systems improvement: Help implement a fixed asset tracking system and support finance-led system and reporting upgrades.
• Champion process enhancement: Contribute to projects aimed at improving financial infrastructure and standardising reporting across the group.

What they're looking for:

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent experience with strong financial grounding)
• Advanced Excel user, confident with pivot tables, modelling, and data integration
• Comfortable creating professional, insightful presentations using PowerPoint
• Strong analytical thinker with great attention to detail
• Self-starter, confident managing your own workload in a remote environment

Desirable experience:

• Familiarity with ARR and revenue recognition
• Power BI or similar BI/reporting tools
• Experience in multi-entity, multi-currency environments
• Exposure to finance system implementation or process improvement initiatives

What's on offer:

• Remote-working - flexible approach, with coworking access when needed
• Generous holiday - 27 days + Christmas shutdown + additional days for each year of service (up to 30)
• Regular salary reviews - pay is benchmarked at the higher end of the market
• Enhanced pension contributions - via a salary sacrifice scheme post-probation
• Health & wellbeing cover - cashback on medical treatments, counselling, and virtual GP access
• Life assurance - 4x salary from day one
• In-person team days - plus an annual company-wide event
• Personal development - regular reviews, goal-setting, and support for ongoing training

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy.