Finance Analyst-12 month FTC

Your new company
Bristol based business

Your new role
In this 12 month contract you will play a pivotal role by providing invaluable support and analysis in real-time, enabling informed decision-making. You will also play an integral role in ensuring that the team's financial accounting and reporting objectives are met, helping to drive progress and growth. Additionally, you will be assisting the Financial Controller in analyzing manufacturing productivity and material price variances in the financial statements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accounting
• Assist the Manufacturing and Operations Controller in preparation and analysis of actual cost of sales (COS) (materials, labour and other COS) and update expected COS for forecast analysis.
• Support the reconciliation of raw materials and WIP each month to the financial statements.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Support budget planning and forecasting by creating financial models.
• Analyse financial data reported to senior management to aid decision making.
• Provide data-driven analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions to improve business performance.
• Evaluate financial performance by analysing historic data and comparing it to current results and industry trends to come up with recommendations for improvement. Creating generic and ad hoc data-backed reports to support business decision making.
• Liaising with all members of Finance team to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Consult and collaborate regularly with key internal and external stakeholders on business performance matters, and reported results of analysis in a transparent, informative way, and provide meaningful recommendations that could be understood by non-finance professionals.
• Produce monthly regional financial analysis.

Data, Digital and Technology

• Develop BI through the creation of enhanced data visualisation tools and dashboards, to inform business decisions.
• Identify opportunities to add value, using data and technology.
• Analyse and evaluates data using appropriate technologies and data modelling tools.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Provide accurate and timely information to support operational budgets and forecast.
• Support the annual budget planning and submission process.
• Support monthly forecast preparation and associated forecast analysis.
• Assist in coordination of cost centre reporting with managers.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience of internal reporting systems within an international group.
• Highly developed analytical, numerical and modelling skills. Must be able to work to tight reporting deadlines.
• Strong IT skills and capability of applying applications to develop business processes.
• Have strong core business skills including influencing people at all levels, stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Can interpret data, order and assess its value and then present the findings to the relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise way.
• Draw on 'big' and 'small' data, selecting the appropriate tools to manipulate, analyse and interpret it in sophisticated, audience-appropriate ways.
• An excellent understanding of MS Office, incl advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to influence both internal and external customers.
• Strong communicator to all levels of the organisation.

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available-3 days in, 2 days WFH

• Parking
• Exposure to helping develop your working career

What you need to do now

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