Senior Finance Analyst - Central and People Costs
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Manage OPEX trackers for Central OPEX Functions including Finance, People, and Legal, ensuring PO accuracy and updating trackers ahead of month-end meetings. Attend month-end meetings with stakeholders to discuss monthly performance and full-year outlook, while preparing commentary for actuals versus budget/forecast. Own month-end journal posting for Central Payroll and Central OPEX Functions, collaborating with the Payroll team to ensure accurate head office cost posting. Support preparation of annual budgets and regular reforecasts, complete financial modelling for the People team, CFO, and Group FP&A, and implement internal controls. Assist the People and Finance teams with Group Audits.
Required Qualifications
- Part Qualified/ Newly Qualified Accountant – ACA/CIMA/ACCA equivalent
- Advanced Excel skills with experience of building and working with models, reports and large data sets
- Ability to think logically and methodically, with excellent attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, having the confidence to communicate clearly with senior management and cross-functional stakeholders (both finance and non-finance)
- Flexible & proactive, with curiosity and eagerness to learn
- Highly organised and able to prioritise workload effectively within a fast paced, scaling business
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience in Retail/FMCG desirable
- Experience using Microsoft Powerpoint
- Experience using Anaplan (or a similar forecasting system) desirable
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