Senior Finance Analyst - Reporting (3170)

GTR; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK transport organization is seeking a qualified Accountant to provide comprehensive financial reporting and support data analytics initiatives. The role involves maintaining reporting templates, creating Power BI dashboards, and managing financial requests. Ideal candidates will have strong IFRS knowledge, excellent Excel skills, and experience in a finance team. This position offers a unique opportunity to enhance reporting processes and drive data-driven decisions within the organization.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Excellent technical knowledge of IFRS.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update DfT reporting templates.
• Create and improve Power BI dashboards.
• Manage ad-hoc financial requests from stakeholders.

Skills

Power BI and financial system skills

Excel Skills

Good technical knowledge of IFRS

Data Analytics Qualification

Use of Power Query and Power Automate

Experience in financial reporting

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree level or equivalent

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Accountant or equivalent

Job description

About the role

Provides high quality and comprehensive reporting to DFT with focus on periodic management accounts, quarterly forecasts, and the annual business plan and address queries raised in a timely manner. Additionally, creating and supporting internal and board reporting views within Power BI and TM1. Furthermore, supports process improvement across the GTR Finance Community.

Duties to include

• Maintain and update DfT reporting templates, including management accounts, assumptions records, and quarterly forecasts.
• Create and improve Power BI dashboards to support financial reporting, scoping requirements for new reports.
• Manage ad-hoc financial requests from key stakeholders, including Go-Ahead and the DfT.
• Own the period-end reporting file, ensuring the chart of accounts is accurately reflected.
• Provide financial support to projects across the business as needed.
• Drive greater use of Business Intelligence tools within the Finance team.
• Coordinate and provide feedback on financial business cases.
• Develop and manage automated processes (e.g., Power Automate).
• Act as Finance's data SME, working closely with the Data Analytics team.
• Document business use cases, scope model changes, and map data process flows.
• Troubleshoot first-level ETL issues before escalation to the DataHub team.
• Carry out data analysis and apply DAX formulas in Power BI to meet reporting needs.
• Manage report changes and permissions in collaboration with the central data team.
• Support data ingestion for approved datasets and ensure changes follow agreed pipelines.
• Stay up to date with data developments and complete training under GTR's 10-point data programme.

Skills, knowledge & experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Accountant or equivalent
• Good technical knowledge of IFRS
• Data Analytics Qualification (desirable)
• Excellent Power BI and financial system skills
• Excellent Excel Skills
• Use of other tools such as Power Query and Power Automate
• Experience in preparing insight and concise commentary for internal or external stakeholders
• Experience of working within a finance team and a data driven role
• Evidence of commercial awareness and able to demonstrate a broad based view of issues, events and activities and a perception of their longer term impact or wider implications