FP&A Assistant Financial Analyst

Together; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Greater Manchester is seeking a FP&A Assistant Financial Analyst to provide financial analysis, maintain reporting models, and support business decisions. Candidates should be studying towards CIMA ACA ACCA or equivalent, with a minimum of 1 year in finance and strong Excel skills. This full-time role emphasizes collaboration across financial teams.

Qualifications

• Regular user of Excel for analysis and reporting.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a finance role.
• Ability to challenge and bring new ideas.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop FP reporting models using Excel.
• Conduct monthly cost analysis for transparency.
• Lead cost analysis for forecasting and budgeting.

Skills

Excel

Financial analysis

Commercial focus

Data analysis

Education

Studying towards CIMA ACA ACCA or equivalent

Job description

As a FP&A Assistant Financial Analyst you will provide financial analysis and insight to enable both regular monthly reporting and ad hoc evaluation of financial data to aid business decisions and support Personal Finance in the delivery of financial targets.

As a FP&A Assistant Financial Analyst we are looking for someone to :

• Maintain and develop the models for month end PF Exec and PF Board reporting using excel powerquery and MDX; including forecast and budget comparators
• Deal with monthly cost analysis to provide transparency of costs charged to PF including comparisons : month on month year on year vs budget vs forecast including numbers & commentary
• Lead the cost analysis for the PF forecasting and budgeting processes engaging with Group FP&A as required and delivering inputs to PF Board and Exec packs
• Own the monthly Financial MI pack for PF. Updating current analysis plus develop new analysis and insight on an ongoing basis. Including but not limited to analysis of income Nim and loan book by product channel and interest rate type. Present output and insight to PF FD
• Collaborate with the Legal and Financial Control teams to prepare and submit period-end journals related to legal claims ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting deadlines
• Review monthly postings and prepare relevant accrual and prepayment journals for processing by the Financial Control team maintaining consistency and integrity in financial reporting.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and insight to support senior PF stakeholders providing suggestions and inputs to format and presentation of outputs using both Excel and Powerpoint as appropriate
• Work in collaboration across PF & Group finance

Qualifications : Essential :

• Studying towards CIMA ACA ACCA or equivalent accountancy qualifications
• Minimum 1 year experience in a finance role
• Regular Excel user
• Commercially focused
• Demonstrate curiosity and confidence to challenge
• Bring own ideas on analysis and presentation of financial information
• Ability to provide commentaryand insight as well as numbers

If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above but not all please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.

Additional Information :

Together embraces diversity and inclusion and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference we celebrate it support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills.

If you feel youd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process please dont hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference financial and criminal record checks.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

EAM,Academics,Audio Visual,Inventory Management,Data Analysis

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1