Senior Finance Analyst

British Heart Foundation; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health charity is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to support senior stakeholders with management accounting, forecasting, and budgeting. The role involves producing high-quality financial analysis and insights to aid the organisation's objectives. The position is a 12-month fixed term contract split between remote work and their London office. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting, forecasting, budgeting and analysis required.
• Confidence liaising with senior colleagues necessary.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Support diverse range of senior stakeholders in achieving departmental objectives.
• Lead and deliver financial analysis and insights.
• Contribute to budgeting and long-term planning.

Skills

Management accounting/reporting

Forecasting

Budgeting

Data interrogation

Microsoft Excel

Report writing

Education

Part qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant

Job description

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The opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and focused individual to join as a Senior Finance Analyst (SFA) to support two important directorates within the BHF (Technology and Finance, Risk, Planning and Legal) covering a breadth of finance deliverables, including proactively driving innovation, continuous improvement and cost reviews, amongst others.

Alongside the Finance Business Partner (FBP) you'll be directly involved in supporting a diverse range of senior stakeholders in the delivery of their departmental objectives whilst supporting the broader finance team. Priorities will include management accounting, accurate reporting and analysis, budgeting and long‑term planning which include a cost base of circa £40m per annum.

Working closely with senior leaders from each function as well as the Planning and Reporting and Financial Control teams, this position will play a significant role in leading and delivering the financial analysis, support, and insight that the functions require to help them deliver their objectives.

You will work within a collaborative Finance team of c.75, with a commitment to support your learning and development alongside career opportunities, all within the context of an environment of diverse people and business activities.

About you

We are looking for someone with a can‑do attitude and excellent communication skills, able to build effective working relationships across the organisation.

You’ll be confident working with senior leadership colleagues, including directors. Self‑sufficient and with excellent attention to detail, you’ll join our team at a key and busy period able to produce high quality and accurate work.

To be successful you will:

• be part qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant
• have extensive experience of management accounting/reporting, forecasting, budgeting and analysis
• be confident liaising with senior colleagues
• have strong commercial logic and understanding
• have excellent attention to detail and an analytical mind
• be able to interrogate data and influence stakeholders to identify solutions
• have intermediate Microsoft Excel skills and strong report writing skills.

In addition, you will have to use your knowledge combined with analytical skills to provide insights and recommendations to inform financial decisions which align to our organisational objectives.

Working arrangements

This opportunity is a 12-month fixed term contract.

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your home and our London. Most of our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office each week, on average.

About us

We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Interview process

First stage interviews will be a one‑way video interview process. Second stage interviews will be held in person at our London office (NW1 7AW) w/c 17th November. This will consist of a panel interview and a task.

How to apply

To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and answering an application question.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.