Financial Analyst - FTSE 100

Opportunity to join a FTSE 100 as a financial analyst in the heart of London. You will be able to contribute to a large strategic shift as the company seeks to adapt and take advantage of changing market and technological conditions.

Client Details

Our client is a world wide leader in their field, with headquarters located in the heart of London. As a FTSE 100, they are committed to improving the world's understanding of learning and its efficient delivery through a commercial outlook.

They are forward thinkers and are proud of their fresh approach to the market. By pushing the limitations of technology - and their internal peers - they create platforms for learning that expedite global and personal innovation.

Description

Your main activities/responsibilities will include:

• Support Finance Managers in providing insight and analysis to the business to aid forward looking decision making
• Oversight of actual monthly results and KPIs and informed and insightful commentary thereon.
• Support decisions on project and portfolio investments, ensuring they are measured against financial targets
• Identify and address operational improvement and cost opportunities. Contribute and support to Technology, Operations and Enabling Functions Finance transformation initiatives as required.
• Develop & prepare financial business cases. Support decisions on pipeline investments, ensuring they are measured against financial targets
• Work collaboratively with Pearson Financial Services to deliver key reporting, planning and forecasting processes providing accurate and timely future facing data on which to base decisions
• Understand the businesses regulatory and audit requirements and ensure they are adhered to
• Consistent and extensive collaboration within Finance and across the business including colleagues in Geographies, Product groups, Enabling Functions, Country hub operations and Centres of excellence

Profile

Qualifications and experience required:

• Qualified with an ACCA, CIMA, or ACA
• Fluent English speaker
• Experience working in a multi-national matrix organization
• Strong understanding of materiality and ability to prioritize across competing agendas
• Ability to conduct investment analysis and capital asset evaluation.
• Ability to identify business risks and implementation of tactics to mitigate
• Understanding of financial control, business performance management and process optimization and experience of working in more than one of these areas
• An understanding of putting internal financial results into an external market context
• Awareness of multiple business models and experience of working with more than one
• Understanding of finance specialist areas: tax, treasury, M&A, compliance, corporate governance and ability to utilize proper judgement to involve them as necessary.
• Experience working as a financial analyst at a large company

Required Skills:

• Communication: strong verbal and written skills within finance, across the organisation and with external parties.
• Influence: presence and confidence to interact with senior management. Ability to leverage influence across teams and cultures.
• Emotional Intelligence (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skill) and the ability to apply it to work successfully in a matrix environment.
• Collaboration: with other internal teams and third party providers.
• Decision Making: understanding materiality, complex and uncertain situation, prioritization
• Performance focused: self & others
• Time Management: ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines, producing a high standard of work with attention to detail
• Analytics focused: organising information and manipulates data to identify/explain trends, problems and mitigating actions
• Driving change: identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation

Job Offer

My client is offering the opportunity to join a globally renowned FTSE 100 as a financial analyst. Working in the heart of London, my client is offering a competitive salary and benefit package.