Commercial Finance Analyst

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Job Title: Finance Business Partner Analyst

Location: London, Westgate

Salary: Competitive

Full time/Permanent

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* This is a full-time permanent position, based in our London office. We operate on a hybrid working arrangement and require a minimum of 2 days in the office. We welcome all applications from those with the legal right to live and work permanently in the UK, without requiring VISA sponsorship now or in the future.

Role Description

This is an exciting role reporting directly to Finance Business Partner – within the Product & Operations team; providing insight, challenge, strategic support, and analysis to the business to enable them to take informed decisions and actions that drive the best financial outcomes in terms of:

• Profitable growth and EBITDA
• Greater emphasis on working capital and cashflow
• Improved robust balance sheet management
• Data driven decision making
• Better rigour through forward looking views improving transparency and predictability
• Better budgetary management on the cost base

Job Role Requirements

Understanding the business, shaping, and managing performance, and business reporting

• Assist with the analysis and interpretation of financial trends using standard models and analysis to support strategy, theory, and ideas
• Provide commentary on key performance drivers and early warning to management as material variances are detected and recommend actions, interventions to close performance gaps
• Provide insight from the analysis on job and contract profitability and an understanding of the drivers of growth and efficiency

Role Requirements

• The ideal candidate will be organised, proactive and able to work using own initiative with a desire to assist the smaller broadcasters in providing accurate data
• You will be client focused, wanting to provide an excellent service to users of the BARB service
• You will be curious, persevering to understand an issue fully, digging deeper into the data

Deliver on business priorities - Investments, business case and cost take out scenarios

• Provide Finance support and constructive challenge for strategies and execution
• Track and report through to savings and benefits realisation
• Champion a cost-conscious culture
• Support continuous improvement initiatives
• Be a change advocate and champion

Delivering and supporting business strategy and leading the Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting process

• Assist with consolidation of monthly accounts, budget packs and re-forecast packs
• Submit upload into reporting system on time and to quality

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