Financial Analysis Manager

Great opportunity to join our Commercial Finance Team in a management role! This is a hybrid working opportunity working from home and our Leeds office.

About the role:

• Provide analytical support and challenge to Operational, People and Marketing functions, including modelling the financial impact of new initiatives and model changes.

• Involvement in many critical business initiatives; providing commercial challenges and analytical support to optimise business decision making.

• Assume the persona of “cost champion” through leading the detailed understanding and management of operational costs across the business

• Improving the commerciality and financial awareness of non-finance teams through effective partnering and coaching.

• Play a key role in the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes, working with the wider business to ensure this is delivered in agreed timescales.

• Develop and support the production of KPI reporting & operational costs reporting, developing the reports in-line with operational requirements.

• Management and development of 2 Financial Analysts (one qualified, one part-qualified).

• Work closely with the rest of the Finance department to ensure management accounts are representative of business performance.

• Utilisation of MIS tool.

• Being part of a best-in-class commercial finance team. Ensuring best practice is adhered to and helping drive an agenda of continual improvement.

The Person:

• Qualified accountant with at least 3 years’ PQE

• Demonstrable commercial skills, with experience business partnering Operations teams at a senior level

• Exceptional proven financial modelling, analytical and presentation skills

• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills

• Ideally experience of working with multi-dimensional databases (MIS tools)

• Preferably able to demonstrate experience and/or understanding of multi-site industries such as retail/leisure

• Strong management skills to lead and coach analysts  ensuring personal development alongside business target achievement

• Evidence of dealing with senior management and working cross functionally

• Demonstrable business partnering skills, able to build effective working relationships outside of the Finance function

• Able to self-motivate and work to strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Effective prioritisation skills, and able to demonstrate flexibility in working practices

Our Benefits:

• Gym membership for you +1

• Personal private healthcare

• Company pension contribution

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

• Personal day off on top of annual leave entitlement

• Life insurance

• Holiday buy back scheme (up to one week)

• Enhanced Maternity & Adoption Leave pay