Junior Finance Analyst

Edgewell Personal Care; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking an experienced finance professional to join the team in Greater London. The role involves contributing to the P&L and Balance Sheet, supporting corporate budgeting and forecasting, and working on financial reporting. Candidates should have a university degree in Mathematics, Finance, or Accounting, along with some experience in finance. A professional accountancy qualification such as ACCA or CIMA is mandatory. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working possible

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Discounted branded products

Core working hours

25 days annual leave

Free beverages & snacks

Sports & social club membership

Casual smart dress code

Study support towards accounting qualification

Qualifications

• Some experience in accounting or finance as an analyst would be preferred.
• Starting or already started a professional accountancy qualification is mandatory.
• ACCA / CIMA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contributes towards P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Supports the Senior Finance Analysts in corporate budgeting and forecasting.
• Works on price, volume mix models for group analysis.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Accounting principles

Forecasting

Reporting skills

Education

University degree in Mathematics, Finance, Accounting

Job description

Overview

You’re ambitious, but you want a career with purpose—we love that. You’re up for a challenge and ready to write the next chapter of your career story with a great group of encouraging colleagues. You want to make your mark and let your personality shine.

We are looking for an experienced Professional to join Edgewell Personal Care – a global consumer goods business with a portfolio of over 25 brands (Wilkinson Sword, Schick, Hawaiian Tropic, Carefree, Bulldog Skincare for Men, Jack Black and recently acquired Cremo Grooming… just to name a few!).

Now, Let’s Get Down to Business

Reporting to the Regional Senior Finance Manager this role has business partnering activities as well as month end close activities. It supports and owns elements, as appropriate, of the corporate planning (QF, Budget, Strat Plan) and corporate Month / Quarter end reporting and analysis.

The Finance team is ever evolving at Edgewell and there is considerable opportunity to improve processes and procedures to ensure accurate reporting and forecasting and to add value to the team and company

Here’s a sample of what you’ll get up to :

Contributes towards the P&L and Balance Sheet

• Accurate and reflects company policies and agreed accounting standards
• Proactively manages Deflator accruals and releases to ensure they reflect commercial phasing / agreements
• Month end close journals and review
• Working with local teams on reporting and analysis
• Assist with the setting up of the EU Digital Channel
• Managing the Advertising and Promotions spend for the digital team.

Corporate Budgeting & Forecasting

Supports the Senior Finance Analysts :

• ensures all corporate deadlines are identified, communicated to the business and are met
• ensures HPL accurately reflects the commercial P&L to Gross Margin and the corporate profit to Operating Profit
• Produces reports and analysis to ensure YTD and YTG performance is understood

Corporate Reporting

Supports the Senior Finance Analysts :

• Works on Price, Volume mix models to assist with commentary for group
• Works with other Senior Finance Analyst to ensure that there is value adding analysis for the commercial and marketing teams
• Analyses overheads and ensures forecast spend is in line with target

Are You Ready to Show Us What You’ve Got?

While your experience is of course important, we’re all about making useful things joyful, so we love when our prospective candidates are passionate about this too.

Here’s what we are looking for :

Qualifications

University degree in Mathematics, Finance, Accounting

Some experience in accounting or finance as an analyst would be preferred

Starting or already started a professional accountancy qualification is mandatory though - ACCA / CIMA is preferred

What we offer

Competitive salary, hybrid working possible, employee assistance programme, life assurance, discounted Edgewell branded products, core working hours, 25 days annual leave, free beverage & snacks, sports & social club membership, casual smart dress code and a great boss!

Study support towards an accounting qualification CIMA / ACCA

Now take the nest step

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