Junior Finance Analyst

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company is looking for a Junior Finance Analyst in South Yorkshire. This role involves supporting the finance team with data analysis, producing reports, and maintaining dashboards. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills and a keen interest in financial data reporting, benefiting from hybrid working and study support for professional qualifications.

Benefits

Hybrid working after training

Study support for AAT / ACCA / CIMA

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Strong skills in Excel (INDEX/MATCH, Pivot Tables).
• Experience in data analysis, preferably in a finance role.
• Excellent communication skills to present data to non-finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support the finance team with monthly reporting and analysis.
• Produce Excel-based reports for key financial metrics.
• Maintain and update dashboards using Power BI.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication

Proactivity

Analytical mindset

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

Sewell Wallis are working with a fantastic business based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, who are looking to recruit a Junior Finance Analyst to join their finance team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong grounding in Excel and a genuine interest in data and reporting to take the next step in a commercial finance environment. The business offers great progression opportunities and is investing heavily in its reporting tools and analytics.

You'll be joining a collaborative and friendly team where your skills in Excel and data manipulation will be genuinely valued. This Junior Finance Analyst role is perfect for someone who enjoys digging into data, spotting trends, and supporting decision-making with clear, accurate reporting.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting the wider finance team with monthly reporting and analysis.
• Producing Excel-based reports to track key financial and operational metrics.
• Maintaining and updating data within dashboards using Power BI.
• Assisting in preparing management accounts packs with commentary on variances.
• Working with large data sets from various systems and helping to ensure data integrity.
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes with data input and analysis.
• Assisting with reconciliations and investigating any data inconsistencies.
• Helping the business move away from manual reporting by automating templates where possible.
• Liaising with operational teams to gather insights and clarify anomalies in data.
• Working closely with the Finance Business Partner to support commercial decision-making.

What skills are we looking for?

• Strong Excel skills (comfortable with formulas like INDEX/MATCH, Pivot Tables, and ideally Power Query).
• Exposure to or a keen interest in Power BI or other reporting tools.
• A naturally analytical mindset with good attention to detail.
• Experience working with data, ideally in a Financial Analyst role.
• Excellent communication skills - able to present data clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• A proactive attitude and willingness to learn and take on new challenges.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working after initial training period.
• Study support for AAT / ACCA / CIMA.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Apply below or contact Eleanor Kirk.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.