Junior Finance Analyst - Contract

Willow Recruit; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Job summary

Willow Recruit has a junior Finance Analyst opportunity in Harrogate. This is a 3-month contract with potential to go permanent, offering hybrid working and free parking. Salary up to £32,000 depending on experience.

The role supports a busy finance team, with month-end / analysis tasks, and a chance to learn from mentors while developing core accounting and reporting skills. Ideal for a finance graduate or transactional background, available on short notice.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance team (transactional background acceptable).
• Confident communicator with good relationship-building skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and well organized.
• Available to commit to a temporary role on short notice.
• Comfortable using Excel and learning new systems quickly.

Responsibilities

• Support outsourcing team by overseeing and checking accounting processes.
• Assist with audits, identify errors, and propose process improvements.
• Help implement and update existing finance processes.
• Establish KPIs to track accuracy and speed of the department.
• Review systems to improve controls as the business grows.
• Carry out general and variance analysis of expected vs actuals.
• Participate in system-based projects.
• Assist with purchase ledger, invoices, reconciliations and payments.
• Respond to financial queries from internal teams.

Skills

Finance team experience

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Organization

Short notice availability

Education

Finance degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Junior Finance Analyst -Harrogate

3 month contract - likely to go permanent

Up to £32,000 depending on experience

Full time Hybrid working Free parking Regular social events

Are you immediately available/free to start a new role on a short notice period?

Are you looking to join a supportive and friendly finance team within one of the region's fastest growing businesses?

This is a brilliant opportunity to be part of a business that truly invests in its people. You'll be supported by experienced mentors and be encouraged to learn and grow. The company also places high importance on giving back to the community, offering employee volunteer days and a culture that celebrates success with regular team socials. This is a rare opportunity to step into a month end/analysis type role without the direct month end experience, as long as you are looking to learn new skills, a finance graduate or someone from a transactional background will be considered.

The role is initially offered on a temporary/contract basis with the idea that it will be for around three months minimum, it may also be extended if required and could potentially lead to a permanent position.

What's on offer:

• Salary up to £32,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working, 3 days in the office, 2 at home
• Free on-site parking
• Regular social events and team incentives
• Supportive and collaborative working environment

You'll work closely with the wider finance team and will also support with some transactional finance duties.

Key responsibilities:

• Working with an outsourcing team and supporting with overseeing and checking some of the accounting processes
• Supporting with audits and finding errors and better ways of carrying out processes
• Working with the team to implement and update existing finance processes
• Establishing KPI's for the department to track accuracy and speed
• Reviewing systems to update controls as the business continues to grow
• Carrying out general analysis and variance analysis across expected and actual performance
• Working on various systems based projects
• Assisting with the purchase ledger process, processing of invoices, reconciliations and assisting with payment authorising
• Resolving queries

To be successful in this role, you will ideally:

• Have some experience in a finance team, transactional experience/graduate or assistant management account level experience would be suitable
• Be a confident communicator and enjoy building working relationships
• Have good attention to detail and be well organised
• Be happy to commit to a temporary role and will be available on short notice
• Be comfortable working with Excel
• Pick up new systems quickly

This role is easily commutable from Harrogate, North Leeds, West Leeds, Leeds City Centre and areas to the west of York.