Finance Analyst (FTC)

The key priorities for the role are:

Monthly Performance/Trading Analysis

• Work with the Senior Finance Business Partners to prepare a monthly reporting pack. This is to provide Leadership Teams with actual performance versus target and lead indicators for future performance.
• Prepare Business cases for both customers and Claranet.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner, support with staff capitalisation tracking and reporting

Deal Modelling

• Working with the FP&A Senior Manager to prepare contract renewals and new deal financial models.
• Working alongside Order Processing team to ensure orders are built correctly into systems.

Commission

• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner, calculate commission payments based on the approved commission plan
• Ensure these are approved in line with group policy
• Issue commission statements to the Sales teams
• Investigate and resolve queries on commission

Profitability Analysis

• Under the guidance of the FP&A Senior Manager, produce Customer P&Ls for key customers showing the true profitability of these accounts.
• Under the guidance of the FP&A Senior Manager, calculate and report on service profitability showing true profitability of the products and services Claranet sell
• Under the guidance of the FP&A Senior Manager, calculate Practice profitability
• Support on the budget and forecast process
• Assist with the bi-annual forecasting processes, working with different parts of the business as required.

Business Support

• Provide support and analysis as required to other members of the FP&A team.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner assist with the completion and presentations of ad hoc projects as required.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner assist in the automation of data preparation and reporting.

Position Specifications

Essential:

• Either CIMA, ACCA or ACA part qualified.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a finance role in Industry or Practice
• Strong Excel skills.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of tasks.
• Can do attitude and a willingness to be hands on.
• Ability to present information in a concise and professional manner.
• Must be comfortable working with a high degree of change and ambiguity
• Ability to manage a diverse workload in a fast-moving environment

Desirable:

• Previous experience in a technology business would be an advantage, preferably within the managed services or Cloud industries
• Experience with Salesforce would be an advantage