Finance Analyst

About Capita

We are the UK's leading provider of business process management and integrated professional support service solutions, with 68,000 staff across the UK, Europe, South Africa and India.

We are seeking a Finance Analyst for our Public Services Partnerships finance team based in Leeds (6 month Fixed Term Contract). This is a key role partnering across the entire Finance team, and the wider business.

Reporting directly to the Head of Finance.

Responsibilities

• Stewardship and Controls:
  • Ensuring all ledger entries are correct, within accounting guidelines, and with audit-standard backup attached
  • Pushing to ensure that accurate purchase orders are raised in advance of requirements, contractors provide appropriate backup and invoices are approved on a timely basis.
  • Tracking and reporting on key financial measures

• New Business Pricing -
  • Work with the finance lead and change team to ensure accurate reporting showing new business signed off and currently outstanding for approval.
  • Set up codes and work with project managers on the reporting of performance for new business change.

• Forecasting and Budgeting
  • Work alongside the Finance Managers to ensure that the forecasts and budgets held within the system align with latest expectations
  • Assist with the production of presentation packs to illustrate key items

• Other
  • Ensure working capital kept to a minimum via accurate and timely invoicing and aged debt management
  • Ad-hoc project work where required

Key Performance Measures

• Relevant areas of MI / business plans / reforecast prepared in accordance with guidelines.
• Production of analysis / trends / risk & opportunity schedules with recommended actions.
• Any key issues highlighted.
• Accuracy & timeliness of key responsibilities.
• Working Capital kept to a minimum.
• Ability to use own judgement and initiative to anticipate and investigate queries.

Skills & Experience:

• Advanced MS Excel skills (Important)
• Part qualified accountant (ACCA or CIMA) (Important)
• Diligent, attention to detail, willing to challenge
• Experience of Business & Reporting systems (SAP desirable)
• Able to act on own initiative
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise effectively to meet tight reporting deadlines.
• Good at communicating at all levels, with finance and non-finance teams.
• Ability to influence decision making process through clear presentation of financials

OUR VALUES

• Capita's values are at the heart of our business. We believe that our colleagues should be Open, Ingenious, Collaborative and Effective; honest, straight-talking people who are highly intelligent and creative, who work brilliantly as part of a team or leading a team, and who never accept mediocrity. We're looking for people that personify Capita's values, who get involved in different things, deliver what they promise, take responsibility, embrace diversity, and respect their colleagues. In return we can offer you a comptetive salary and benefits package to match combined with excellent caree progressio

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Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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If you are successful with your application, you will need complete Capita's vetting and screening checks. This will include, but not be limited to, Reference Checks, a Criminality Check, Financial Probity Check, Sanctions Check and Media Check.