Senior Finance Analyst (Projects & Costs)

NC Associates Ltd; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Hybrid Working 2 Days Office Based

Contract to Potential Permanent

Job summary

NC Associates Ltd in Lancashire is recruiting a Senior Finance Analyst (Projects & Costs) on a 18-month contract with excellent career prospects. You will support profitability, governance and commercial decisions, working with project managers and senior leaders to deliver budgeting, forecasting and cost control.

The role requires ACCA/CIMA qualification or equivalent, strong Excel/Power BI skills, and experience in project controls, with 5 years+ in a similar environment.

Qualifications

• ACCA/CIMA qualified or equivalent, or qualified by experience.
• Experience with financial and project controls, ideally 5+ years.
• Strong Excel skills including Power Query and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Drive project profitability and financial governance across the business.
• Provide budgeting, forecasting and monthly results analysis for decision making.
• Own WIP management, project closure reviews and cost monitoring.

Skills

Advanced Excel (Power Query)

Power BI

Financial analysis

Project controls

Education

ACCA/CIMA qualified (or equivalent) or by experience

Tools

IFS

Job description

Senior Finance Analyst - (Projects & Costs) ACCA, CIMA, ACA Qualified / Qualified by Experience / Lancashire / Contract Role 18 Months / Excellent Career Opportunity / Growing International Organisation / Salary £50,000 - £60,000 DOE + Benefits

Senior Finance Analyst - (Projects & Costs)

• Free Parking
• Hybrid Working 2 Days Office Based
• Contract to Potential Permanent Opportunity
• Excellent Working Environment
• Flexible Working Hours
• 25 Days Holidays

NC Associates are working exclusively with a forward thinking and growing labour driven and project-led organisation based in Lancashire to help recruit a Senior Finance Analyst on a contract basis for 18 Months. As a Senior Finance Analyst you will play a key part in driving project profitability, strengthening financial governance and supporting commercial decision-making across the business. You will work closely with project managers, department heads and senior leadership, you will provide financial insight into project performance, deliver budgeting and forecasting activities, analyse monthly results and identify opportunities to improve margins and operational efficiency. You will take ownership of key financial controls, including aged work in progress (WIP), project closure reviews, project cost monitoring and pricing tools, ensuring financial risks are identified, challenged and addressed promptly.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional with experience in project controls, cost accounting or finance business partnering to make a tangible impact within a complex, project-led environment.

Senior Finance Analyst (Projects & Costs) Duties:

• Work in conjunction with department heads and project managers to ensure maximum profitability, challenging project performance, identifying and communicating system of financial issues, or by improving finance knowledge outside the finance community.
• Ownership of business wide financial governance such as Aged WIP and Project closure reviews. Ensure that aged WIP is challenged monthly with clear action plans to address aged and aging items and that projects are closed in a timely manner
• Escalate project governance issues to CFO through mid-month review process, demonstrating understanding of project life cycle and financial risk.
• Review monthly project / Production centre performances and prepare variance analysis against budget / forecast for MD review.
• Present month end performance for DD and S&R BUs to CFO & MD as required.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of project trading including drivers of revenue recognition.
• Own the financial management of relocation costs, allowing these to be fully recovered through the standard costing system, and allowing the business to fully budget and monitor their related tax liability.
• Act as Controlling interface with HR teams, performing monthly checks on cost rates, identifying and resolving discrepancies.
• Lead ad-hoc reporting through management dashboards
• Update of business pricing tools following bi-annual pay review and lead on ongoing pricing tool query
• Act as role model to other members of the team; modelling constructive challenge, financial acumen and leadership.
• Support the Assistant Cost Controller to deliver quarterly order backlog information to group, accurately, and on time.
• Plan and manage own time and workload to achieve business deadlines and collaborating with stakeholders such as the wider finance team and internal customers.
• Understand the entire arc of the business and how productivity impacts profitability.
• Commit to maximizing efficiency at all levels without compromising quality.

To be successful in your application for this role you MUST have the following experience

Essential Experience Required

• ACCA/CIMA Qualified (or equivalent) or qualified by experience
• Experience of financial and/or project controls required; ideally 5 years.
• Experience of computerised accounting systems necessary; knowledge of IFS will be valuable but is not essential
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills Power Query / Power BI
• Ability to manipulate large datasets with accuracy
• Capable of explaining complex financial information simply and effectively to audiences without a finance background.
• Ability to challenge and influence colleagues out in the business to ensure good financial governance
• You must be eligible to work in UK.

Softer Skills:

• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement, seeking out root causes of problems or inefficiencies and implementing change.
• Strong logical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Successfully meets deadlines both independently and when collaborating with a team.
• Exceptional attention to detail and outstanding organisational skills.
• Able to perform well under pressure and handle multiple priorities.

What's on Offer?

This is a excellent opportunity to work for a growing and market leading organisation which will give you lots of commercial exposure as well as as offering a clear opportunity to build on your experience, they also offer a market leading salary and benefits package with possibilities of another opportunity within the group after the contract is finished.