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Commercial Finance Analyst - Retail
up to £45k
Min 18 months previous experience in commercial finance
Hybrid - 3 days in
London
I am recruiting for an experienced Commercial Finance Analyst to join a renowned Retailer in London. This role requires someone with an inquisitive mindset with a natural flair for process improvement. You are required to have a min of 18 months previous experience in a similar role - in return this role offers fantastic exposure and development opportunities within an employee centric organisation.
Responsibilities will include:
- Produce timely, detailed, and clear analysis to support business areas in understanding performance
- Provide concise commentary on sales, costs and overall performance, including recommendations for improvement
- Contribute to month-end routines of management accounts, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Identify risks and opportunities against budget, suggesting mitigation strategies and ways to capitalise on opportunities
- Undertake analysis for potential initiatives using financial modelling techniques
- Report on KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities
- Support the budgeting and forecasting process
- Interpret non-financial information and transform it into financial reports
- Produce reports easily understood by non-financial people
- Make recommendations to improve reporting and analysis
- Deal with queries and requests professionally and promptly
- Participate in ad hoc projects as required
- Work collaboratively, sharing ideas and information with colleagues
- Continually seek ways to improve own performance both technically and behaviourally
Candidate specification:
- Retail/FMCG experience, preferably in retail
- Working towards a recognised accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA)
- High standard of accuracy with financial and statistical data
- Proactive and able to take initiative
- Able to manage your own workload
- Commercially aware
- Customer-focused with the ability to build good cross-functional relationships
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
- Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in other core applications
- Flexible and open to change
- Good team player
