Financial Analyst

Novuna; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Leeds seeks a talented financial analyst to maintain and enhance pricing models and profitability reporting tools. The role involves delivering financial insights and analysis, along with improving business processes. Key skills include strong IT proficiency in SQL, Python, and MS Excel, along with a drive to generate insights from data. This position offers flexible hybrid working and a comprehensive wellbeing package.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Full wellbeing package including BUPA

Qualifications

• Confident analyst with understanding of data management and coding.
• Experience in a commercial finance setting.
• Ability to create insightful MI for decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve profitability models based on Databricks.
• Enhance MS Excel pricing models for new business.
• Prepare MI reports with variance analysis against KPIs.
• Analyze financial datasets to identify risks and opportunities.

Skills

SQL

Python

VBA

MS Excel

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Tools

Databricks

MS Excel

Job description

Overview

Are you a talented analyst with ability to develop and maintain financial models? Are you comfortable dealing with large data sets and extracting insights to drive business performance? If your answer is “yes” to all of these, keep reading.

About us

At Novuna Consumer Finance, we provide fast, flexible finance solutions for some of the UK's biggest retail brands. Whether customers are buying furniture for their new home, an important piece of jewellery, or home electrical goods, we’re passionate about delivering phenomenal customer experiences.

We’re proud to be a Top 50 Inclusive employer. We’re a signatory of the Women in Finance and the Race at Work Charter and we’re Disability Confident Committed.

Role Location

This role is located in Leeds and will require 1 onsite office day per week.

What does the role involve?

In this role, you’ll be part of the FP&A team at Novuna Consumer Finance, where you’ll maintain and enhance business‑critical pricing models and profitability reporting tools. You’ll deliver timely financial analysis and insights that help drive informed commercial decisions, while also supporting the team in improving processes, systems, and controls to enable the profitable growth of the business.

Key duties

• Maintaining and improving Databricks‑based profitability models, ensuring accuracy and performance insights
• Maintaining and enhancing MS Excel pricing models for new business
• Preparing daily, weekly and monthly MI reports with variance analysis against KPIs
• Analyzing large financial and operational datasets to identify risks and opportunities, presenting findings clearly

What are we looking for?

You’ll be a confident analyst with a solid understanding of data management and coding, ready to apply your skills in a commercial finance setting. Comfortable working with Databricks and MS Excel, you’ll use these tools to maintain and improve business reporting modules and pricing models. You’ll also enjoy creating insightful, value‑added MI using a range of reporting tools to support informed decision‑making.

Required skills

• Strong IT skills with knowledge of coding languages including SQL, Python and VBA
• Expert‑level MS‑Excel knowledge
• A drive to turn data into insights in a fast‑moving commercial finance setting
• Strong troubleshooting and decision‑making skills

What can we offer you?

At Novuna we take our people promise seriously. If you join us, you’ll have a chance to make a difference, opportunities to learn, and time to shine. In addition to a market‑benchmarked salary and excellent bonus scheme, our offer to you includes:

• Flexible hybrid working
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell 5 days
• Full wellbeing package including BUPA, digital GP service, 24/7 employee assistance, plus wellbeing events throughout the year

What's the next step?

Interested? Start your application today and see what Novuna can offer you.

Novuna has been named one of the top 50 most inclusive employers for the fourth year running and this is also reflected in our recruitment process. We are committed to ensuring our application process is inclusive and accessible to all candidates.

We’re Disability Confident Committed, so if you’re a person with a disability, if you’re neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.

Please note: This vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.