Financial Analyst

CMA Recruitment Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing organization in the UK is seeking a Financial Reporting Analyst to modernize financial reporting across its multi-entity group. You will develop and automate reporting solutions, consolidate data for accurate outputs, and support system upgrades. The ideal candidate has advanced Excel skills, a good understanding of accounting principles, and attention to detail. This position offers a competitive salary of £40,000 to £45,000, plus benefits such as pension contributions and holiday leave.

Benefits

6% employer pension contribution

22 days holiday plus bank holidays

Beautiful working environment

Supportive team culture

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience working with financial data across multiple systems or entities.
• Comfortable improving workflows and designing scalable reporting tools.
• Power BI or workflow automation experience beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate group-wide financial and KPI reporting.
• Consolidate data from multiple sources and ensure accurate outputs.
• Build scalable Excel, Power Query and Power Pivot models.
• Partner with Finance Manager to enhance management reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel capability

Data-handling confidence

Attention to detail

Understanding of accounting principles

Management reporting

Power BI experience

Tools

Excel

Power Query

Power Pivot

Power BI

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 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.

CMA complies with all relevant UK legislation and doesn’t discriminate on any protected characteristics.