Financial Analyst

KennedyPearce Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

KennedyPearce Consulting is assisting a well-established consumer brand in recruiting a Finance Analyst for its London-based finance team. The role offers high exposure to senior leadership, partnering with the Finance Director and CEO, with a hybrid arrangement (Central London – 3 days in the office / 2 days at home).

You will deliver financial analysis, performance reporting and commercial insight to drive revenue, margins and cost efficiency across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• At least 2–3 years of finance experience, including commercial FP&A exposure.
• Experience in retail, hospitality, consumer or multi-site environments.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and financial modelling experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analysis, commercial insight and performance reporting.
• Partner with operational managers across locations to understand financial performance.
• Collaborate with Finance Director, CEO and senior leadership for strategic decisions.
• Analyse revenue, margins, labour costs, productivity and other KPIs.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling.
• Produce monthly performance reporting, variance analysis and commentary.
• Develop and maintain financial models for decision making.
• Review central costs with budget holders to improve cost control.
• Engage in other areas such as products, stock, purchasing and education.
• Travel to locations to understand operational performance.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial modelling

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

AI in finance

ChatGPT

Claude

Copilot

Tools

ChatGPT

Claude

Copilot

Job description

Central London | Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days home

We are partnering with a well-established, highly recognised consumer brand to recruit an ambitious Finance Analyst into its London-based finance team.

Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a highly commercial FP&A position offering significant exposure across the business. You will work closely with senior leadership, including the Finance Director and CEO, while business partnering with managers across a network of multiple locations.

This would suit an ambitious Finance Analyst with existing commercial FP&A experience who wants greater responsibility, senior stakeholder exposure and the opportunity to have a genuine impact on business performance.

The Role

You will provide financial analysis, commercial insight and performance reporting to help the business better understand its key revenue, margin and cost drivers.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Business partnering with operational managers across multiple locations, building strong relationships and helping them understand financial performance.
• Working closely with the Finance Director, CEO and wider senior leadership team.
• Analysing revenue, profitability, margins, labour costs, productivity and other operational KPIs.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling.
• Producing monthly performance reporting, variance analysis and insightful commentary.
• Identifying trends, risks and commercial opportunities and translating these into clear recommendations.
• Building and maintaining financial models to support commercial decision-making.
• Analysing central costs and working with budget holders to improve cost control and accountability.
• Supporting analysis across other areas of the business, including products, stock, purchasing, margins and education.
• Visiting locations across the business to build relationships with operational stakeholders and develop a better understanding of performance.
• Helping drive the use of AI within finance, using tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot to improve analysis, reporting and ways of working.

The Candidate

We are looking for someone with at least 2-3 years' finance experience, including existing commercial FP&A exposure.

You will ideally have:

• Previous FP&A, Commercial Finance or Finance Analyst experience.
• Experience within retail, hospitality, consumer or another multi-site environment.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and financial modelling experience.