Finance Analyst

We are looking for someone to join one of the world's leading data, insights and consulting companies, as a Finance Analyst on a 6 month contract, that may be extended for the right candidate. The company aims to understand how people think, feel, shop, share and vote by combining years of expertise in human behaviour and understanding with advanced technology, and have offices in more than 100 countries worldwide!

Responsibilities

• You will work closely with the Finance Business Partnering team to improve net working capital and assist in management reporting.
• Supporting the business in the tracking and improvement of net working capital
• Liaising with Client Service where there are job related queries, providing access to necessary job data
• Supporting the improvement of cost management on jobs, and Commercial teams to provide challenge on cost efficiencies
• Collating information and developing insights to aid decision-makers in improving revenue, GM and profitability on domains, customer, jobs, product or OpCo (e.g. utilisation and resource allocation
• Assisting with the analysis and interpretation of financial trends using standard models and analysis to support strategy, theory, and ideas
• Co-ordinating between finance and non-finance teams to resolve billing issues
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• Ad-Hoc reporting and analysis

Requirements

• 1-2 years' experience in a finance role.

• A developing accountant who is starting studies or is part qualified (AAT/CIMA/ACCA)

• You are honest and trustworthy, understanding your own limitations and always seeking guidance and feedback to develop your skills and competencies.

• You have strong Excel skills.

• You are curious and empathetic, and always want to learn more and understand others' points of view.

• You can balance multiple competing priorities, focusing your attention where it's most needed.

• You have strong communication skills both spoken and written.

• You can confidently articulate and present your own ideas and solutions, as well as guide technical discussions.

• You are a systematic problem-solver, methodically working through possibilities to find a solution.

• Through work or education, you have demonstrated the ability to solve technical, data-driven problems.

• Your open attitude encourages team members to approach you when they have a problem you can help them solve.

• You actively search for ways to help the team, without waiting for instructions.

• You have a proactive and can-do attitude.

Benefits

£17 p/h