Senior Finance Analyst

Trustonic; Winnersh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Open holiday policy

Job summary

Trustonic, a pioneering technology company, seeks a Senior Finance Analyst to join our Finance team. You will help understand, manage and optimise costs, provide insights, and partner with budget holders to drive efficiency and informed decision-making.

This role reports to the Head of Commercial Finance and involves close collaboration with multiple business teams to enhance visibility and control over the cost base.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience with a strong technical grounding.
• Degree-level education or equivalent.
• Experience in cost analysis, cost control, or financial control within a commercial environment.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience partnering with non-finance budget holders and senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Experience building cost reporting, KPIs, and dashboards from first principles.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, reporting, cost accounting, accruals, and procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly cost review cycle, analysing actuals against budget and forecast and investigating variances.
• Partner with department heads and budget holders to understand and challenge spend, identify savings and efficiency opportunities, and track agreed actions.
• Develop driver-based cost models to support budgeting, forecasting, and business planning.
• Build and maintain cost KPIs and dashboards, providing visibility of trends, run-rates, and the impact of cost initiatives.
• Turn detailed financial information into clear, commercially relevant insight for stakeholders.
• Play a leading role in ensuring financial information, reporting processes, and supporting documentation are ready for transaction due diligence.
• Prepare clean, reconciled historical financial information, including clear bridges between statutory and management accounts.
• Support the build and ongoing management of the financial data room, ensuring information is complete, accurate, and accessible.
• Proactively identify data gaps and develop solutions to ensure robust information is available for diligence.
• Produce monthly financial KPIs that clearly explain business performance and trajectory.
• Build understanding of working capital and the evolution of our net debt position.
• Support senior leadership with strategic projects, business cases, and commercial analysis as priorities emerge.
• Contribute to improvements across Finance, including systems, processes, automation, and data quality.
• Help develop more efficient and effective ways of working as the business continues to grow.

Skills

Cost analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial modelling

Excel

Dashboard reporting

Finance systems

M&A experience

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Degree-level education

Job description

At Trustonic, we make smartphones affordable for the many, enabling global access to devices and digital finance through the world's most secure smartphone locking technology. We partner with mobile carriers, retailers, and financiers across 30+ countries, powering device financing solutions that drive economic inclusion, profitability, and growth.

We pride ourselves on living by the Trustonic culture code, a blueprint for our journey that recognises that great working environments don't guarantee success, but bad ones almost always ensure failure.

Working here, you'll find a company that celebrates its diversity and is looking to do the right thing: for each other, the community and the planet. We believe in equal opportunities and take to heart the old African proverb 'If you only want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together'.

We work flexibly when and where we're at our best, but regardless of how you choose to work, we'll make sure you feel like one of the team.

Job Description

A bit about the team and what you'll deliver...

We're looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join our Finance team and play a key role in helping Trustonic understand, manage and optimise its cost base.

Working closely with the Head of Commercial Finance and teams across the business, you'll bring greater visibility and control to our costs, provide meaningful financial insight, and partner with budget holders to identify opportunities to improve efficiency.

This is a great opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys getting into the detail, challenging the status quo, and turning financial information into a clear story that helps the business make better decisions.

As the Senior Finance Analyst, you will:

Cost control & commercial insight

• Own the monthly cost review cycle, analysing actuals against budget and forecast and investigating variances
• Partner with department heads and budget holders to understand and challenge spend, identify savings and efficiency opportunities, and track agreed actions
• Develop driver-based cost models to support budgeting, forecasting, and business planning
• Build and maintain cost KPIs and dashboards, providing visibility of trends, run-rates, and the impact of cost initiatives
• Turn detailed financial information into clear, commercially relevant insight for stakeholders
• Play a leading role in ensuring financial information, reporting processes, and supporting documentation are ready for transaction due diligence
• Prepare clean, reconciled historical financial information, including clear bridges between statutory and management accounts
• Support the build and ongoing management of the financial data room, ensuring information is complete, accurate, and accessible
• Proactively identify data gaps and develop solutions to ensure robust information is available for diligence
• Produce monthly financial KPIs that clearly explain business performance and trajectory
• Build understanding of working capital and the evolution of our net debt position

Projects & improving how we work

• Support senior leadership with strategic projects, business cases, and commercial analysis as priorities emerge
• Contribute to improvements across Finance, including systems, processes, automation, and data quality
• Help develop more efficient and effective ways of working as the business continues to grow

Who you are...

• A commercially minded finance professional who enjoys looking beyond the numbers to understand what drives the business
• Analytical and naturally curious, with the ability to turn complex or detailed data into a clear commercial narrative
• Confident working with senior stakeholders and comfortable constructively challenging budget holders
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proactive and self-starting, with the confidence to work autonomouslyCollaborative, pragmatic, and resilient, with the ability to stay calm when priorities change

What makes you, you...

Experience

• Experience in cost analysis, cost control, or financial control within a commercial environment
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Experience partnering with non-finance budget holders and senior stakeholders
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability
• Experience building cost reporting, KPIs, and dashboards from first principles
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, reporting, cost accounting, accruals, and procurement processes
• Experience working with financial systems, automation, and reporting tools
• Experience with exit readiness, financial due diligence, M&A, or transaction processes
• Experience working in a private equity-backed or high-growth business
• Experience within technology, software, SaaS, or IT services

Skills & knowledge

• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to produce information that stands up to external scrutiny
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand the drivers behind financial performance
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to improving processes, data, and ways of working

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience with a strong technical grounding.
• Degree-level education or equivalent.

Additional Information

What we can provide you in return for your investment...

Competitive compensation

• A base salary that reflects your expertise and impact.
• Bonus scheme to share in our success.

Financial security & wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for you and your family from day one.
• Income protection and life insurance for peace of mind.

Flexibility & work-life balance

• Hybrid working arrangements to support your lifestyle.An open holiday policy with no upper limit - take the time you need, when you need it.
• Support for volunteering and causes that matter to you.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Exposure and interaction with global teams.

Inclusive, supportive culture

• A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• A collaborative environment where your voice is valued and your wellbeing is prioritised.

Impact & purpose

• The chance to work on technology that drives global economic inclusion and makes a real difference in people’s lives.

Trustonic is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on any grounds. We empower, engage, enable and value differences between people, including; different races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, disabilities and sexual orientations, with differences in education, backgrounds, skill sets, experiences and knowledge.