Finance Analyst

CMA is partnering with a growing and forward-thinking organisation to recruit a Financial Reporting Analyst. This position sits at the heart of the finance function and will play a major part in modernising financial and KPI reporting across a multi-entity group.

Working closely with Finance Manager and project teams, you'll streamline processes, enhance data structures, and build reliable reporting solutions that support smarter, faster decision-making. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys problem-solving, improving systems, and taking ownership of automated reporting.

What will the Finance Analyst role involve?

• Assisting with the development, automation, and optimisation of reporting processes to enhance business insights
• Managing finance and operational data, investigating discrepancies, and contributing to data reconciliation activities
• Supporting system administration and user queries, including testing and system upgrades to improve functionality
• Collaborating with the finance team on budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis to inform decision-making and strategic planning
• Consolidate data from multiple sources and ensure consistent, validated reporting outputs
• Build scalable Excel, Power Query and Power Pivot models, with scope to support dashboard development
• Strengthen data structures, workflows and templates to support a system upgrade and ongoing process improvements

Suitable Candidate for the Finance Analyst vacancy:

• Demonstrates advanced Excel skills, including formulas, PivotTables, and data analysis techniques
• Knowledge or keen interest in Power Query, Power Pivot, or other BI tools, with a proactive learning attitude
• Exhibits strong attention to detail and a focus on data accuracy, integrity, and large dataset management
• Possesses a good understanding of management accounting principles and analytical problem-solving abilities
• Confident communicator capable of supporting colleagues effectively with finance systems and data

Additional benefits and information for the role of Finance Analyst:

• Salary range of £35,000-£40,000 will be dependent on experience
• enhanced pension contributions
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Office based

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