Finance Analyst (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
London/Remote
We are actively looking to secure a HR Business Partner join Experis as one of our expert consultants, delivering services to our clients.
Experis Consultancy is a Global entity with a well-established team with over 1000 consultants on assignment across 20 clients globally. Our UK operation is growing and has very aggressive plans for expansion over the coming years. We form part of the Manpower group of companies that turn over $20 billion a year collectively.
Experis UK have partnerships with major clients across the UK spanning multiple industries; our approach is a very personal one, with both our clients and our own employees. We are passionate about training, technology and career development.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting
- Lead on Clothing & Home trade and performance reporting
- Ensuring that the reporting and information provided to the leadership team is timely, accurate and insightful
- Accountable for interpreting and analysing trading performance to provide Clothing & Home Leadership team with the relevant information for informed decisions
- Finance project lead for Clothing & Home Finance Reporting Transformation, working alongside business partners from across the wider business to produce outstanding reporting, insight and visualisation
- Support Investor Relations in understanding the drivers of historical performance, across financial and non-financial metrics
- Accountable for reviewing and evaluating competitor trading statements and market performance
Planning
- Supporting the Senior Finance Manager to deliver the Clothing & Home planning cycles (Budget, in year forecasts and 3 Year Plans), from Sales to Margin
- Delivering Clothing & Home forecast and budget outputs including packs for Clothing & Home Directors and submissions to Group Finance
- Provide detailed and insightful analysis into building blocks of the forecasts, advising risks and opportunities and dependencies for delivery
Decision Support Analysis
- Provide ad-hoc analysis on all elements of the Clothing & Home performance, including sales trends, volumes and promotion
- Having an inquisitive mind, driving new insight to support action in Clothing & Home, working closely with the Leadership Team, Finance Business Partners and Group FP&A
Control
- Working with the Business Service Centre and other team members to ensure correct and accurate sales and margin reporting
- Ensuring strong financial control across the trading, planning and forecasting processes
Key Skills:
- Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACA
- Excellent attention to detail
- Appetite to challenge and improve the status quo
- Inquisitive and curious mentality
- Strong analytical capabilities, comfortable working with and accurately manipulating data to provide accurate and insightful reporting
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to maintain and further enhance controls and process and ability to implement change
- A great teammate but also happy to work independently on own initiative
Interested candidates should submit their CV in the first instance.
