Financial Analyst (Project Finance)

What You Will Be Doing:

• To provide Support Department leaders with monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc financial reports and analysis.
• Assist in the development of on-going and new financial management initiatives and projects.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly Support department reporting packs.
• Provide assistance to Support departments by providing detailed research of variances by understanding GL and transactional level details
• Assist in the preparation of monthly forecasts and annual budget
• Assist in the production of detailed headcount reports for each Support department
• Provide financial support and KPI analysis for all business planning initiatives
• Gather and track business and functional requirements, provide impact assessments and identification of gaps
• Analyse and translate data into key strategic inputs and insights to drive decision making
• Help develop annual and long-term financial plans for support departments
• Flexibility to work on high level ad hoc projects while continuing to achieve routine goals.

Your Profile:

• Fully qualified CA / ACA/CIMA/ACCA
• A minimum of 2 - 3 years post qualification experience in an industry financial role, some level of financial analysis reporting of benefit.
• The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with large data set and transforming data into information
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential together with a proven ability to develop strong relationships with Executive and Senior Business Leaders.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles combined with a business focus.
• Excellent Excel knowledge
• Good systems experience, Oracle, Hyperion, PowerPoint an advantage.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team
• Candidate should be ambitious, able to multi-task work well under pressure
• Ability to work to tight deadlines