Part-Time Finance & Data Analyst: Insights & Reporting

Compass Group Ireland; Kildare; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Compass Group Ireland is seeking a detail-oriented Finance & Data Analyst to join on a permanent, 32 hour contract. The role blends financial reporting, data analysis, systems administration and operational support to deliver accurate reporting and insights for decision-making.

The successful candidate will work with the Finance Manager, operations and clients to identify trends, discrepancies and opportunities, build dashboards in Excel, and support budgeting, forecasting and month-end tasks.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in finance, reporting, data analysis, retail administration or a similar role.
• Strong intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, IF formulas and pivot tables.
• Comfortable working with large datasets and Excel date and time formats.
• Good understanding of gross and net values, VAT, sales, purchases, cost of goods sold, gross profit and gross profit percentage.
• Basic understanding of profit and loss accounts, budgets, forecasts and financial variances.

Responsibilities

• Collect, organise and analyse financial, sales, purchasing, stock and operational data.
• Produce regular and ad hoc reports for clients, management and operational teams.
• Identify trends, patterns, risks and opportunities within large datasets.
• Build and maintain Excel reports, reconciliations, pivot tables, charts and dashboards.
• Clean, combine and transform data from multiple reports and systems.
• Apply logical calculations where required information is not directly available.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and performance reviews.
• Assist the Finance Manager with day-to-day finance operations, including invoicing, purchasing, daily sales and accrual information.
• Support weekly, month-end and year-end finance tasks.
• Monitor actual performance against budgets and highlight significant variances or overspends.
• Maintain and optimise point-of-sale back-office systems, including products, pricing, VAT, article groupings and till layouts.
• Investigate till, pricing, transaction and reporting discrepancies.
• Provide analytical support to operational teams when investigating stocktake, purchasing or cost variances.
• Support profit-protection activity by carrying out audits, documenting findings and escalating concerns where required.
• Liaise with operational teams, suppliers and clients to verify information and resolve queries.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting processes and efficiency.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Reporting

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

Power Query

POS systems

Job description

Compass Group Ireland is seeking a detail-oriented Finance & Data Analyst to join on a permanent, 32 hour contract. The role blends financial reporting, data analysis, systems administration and operational support to deliver accurate reporting and insights for decision-making.

The successful candidate will work with the Finance Manager, operations and clients to identify trends, discrepancies and opportunities, build dashboards in Excel, and support budgeting, forecasting and month-end tasks.