Financial Analyst

Morgan McKinley; Waterford; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley in Waterford, Ireland, is looking for a Financial Analyst to deliver high-quality client and business reporting, performance analysis and commercial insight, while managing a small reporting team.

The successful candidate will be a newly qualified accountant who combines finance, data, reporting and stakeholder management in a fast-paced, service-led environment with a focus on financial and operational performance metrics such as service levels and productivity.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified accountant with accounting qualification.
• Experience in finance, management reporting, commercial analysis or business intelligence.
• Strong Excel skills with ability to manipulate and present large datasets.
• Experience producing management reports, dashboards and KPI packs with insightful commentary.

Responsibilities

• Own the preparation and delivery of accurate client and business performance reporting.
• Analyse financial and operational performance, identifying trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Commercial and senior leadership to translate data into insights.
• Support margin analysis, pricing, contract performance and forecasting through reporting and analysis.
• Develop and maintain reporting packs and dashboards using Excel; exposure to Power BI advantageous.
• Consolidate large datasets from multiple systems with strong data accuracy and controls.
• Provide clear commentary on performance and commercial implications.
• Support client reviews, QBRs, renewals and commercial discussions with data-backed analysis.
• Manage and develop two Reporting Analysts, ensuring high quality outputs.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

SQL

Stakeholder management

Education

Newly Qualified Accountant

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Financial Analyst to join a growing organisation. This is a hands-on role with responsibility for delivering high-quality client and business reporting, performance analysis and commercial insight, while managing and developing a small reporting team.

The ideal candidate will be a newly qualified accountant looking for a role that combines finance, data, reporting and stakeholder management.

This role operates within a fast-paced, service-led operational environment, so reporting will cover both financial and operational performance, including metrics such as service levels, utilisation, productivity and resource performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the preparation and delivery of accurate, timely client, financial and business performance reporting.
• Analyse financial and operational performance, including metrics such as utilisation, productivity, service levels and resource performance, identifying key trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Work closely with Finance, Operations, Commercial and senior leadership to understand reporting requirements and translate data into meaningful business insight.
• Support margin analysis, pricing, contract performance, forecasting and commercial decision-making through accurate reporting and analysis.
• Develop and maintain reporting packs and dashboards, primarily using advanced Excel and Success KPI, with exposure to Power BI and other BI tools advantageous.
• Consolidate and analyse large datasets from multiple systems, ensuring strong data accuracy, controls and consistency.
• Produce clear commentary explaining performance, key movements and the commercial implications behind the numbers.
• Support client reviews, QBRs, renewals and commercial discussions with data-backed analysis.
• Manage and develop two Reporting Analysts, reviewing outputs and ensuring high standards of accuracy, quality and presentation.
• Improve and automate recurring reporting processes, reducing manual activity and creating scalable reporting templates.
• Partner with stakeholders to challenge unclear or low-value reporting requests and ensure reporting activity is aligned with business and commercial priorities.
• Respond to ad-hoc reporting requests from Operations, often requiring a fast, practical turnaround.

Key Requirements:

• Newly Qualified Accountant
• Strong experience within finance, management reporting, commercial analysis, business intelligence or performance reporting.
• Excellent financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to understand margin, pricing, contract performance and key business drivers.
• Advanced Excel skills are essential, including the ability to manipulate, analyse and present large volumes of data.
• Experience producing management reports, dashboards, KPI packs, variance analysis and meaningful performance commentary.
• Power BI, SQL or similar reporting/data tools would be advantageous.
• Comfortable learning a new bespoke platform quickly, prior exposure to their specific system isn't required but the ability to build understanding fast is essential
• Strong data-quality and reporting-control mindset with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience managing or mentoring analysts would be beneficial.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with the confidence to work across Finance, Operations, Commercial and senior leadership teams.
• Ability to communicate complex financial and operational information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude or similar to improve reporting and analytical processes would be advantageous.