Financial Analyst (12-month fixed term contract)

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

10/16/2024

Overview

This newly created role is a fantastic opportunity to experience and support first-hand the integration process of what was a family owned business into a global engineering company. Reporting to the UK Sales Finance Business Partner, you will be playing a vital role in supporting a variety of financial regulatory, reporting and accounting duties, assisting with implementing standards and processes, contributing to the future development of the company to deliver on our growth strategy.

As an employee of Heatmiser you will be responsible for working in line with the IMI values as well as adhering to local HSE and Quality policies to ensure we maintain the highest standards at all times.

Key Responsibilities

Duties Will Include But Not Limited To

• Analyse and interpret historical and current financial data to understand the Company’s financial status.
• Perform trend analysis from historical performance, forecast future performance, and provide actionable insights for operational efficiency.
• Prepare requests for both financial and non-financial information and adhere to group requirements for consolidation.
• Analyse existing processes to identify gaps and collaborate with relevant departments to implement and improve processes and enable data capture.
  
  

Prepare reports and financial information to ensure compliance with internal audit requirements.

Create and implement performance reporting across both manufacturing and assembly sites and liaise with department leaders suggesting improvements.

Establishing policies and procedures for cost analysis and recommending actions to senior management and departmental leaders.

• Developing automated accounting programs to help increase productivity and business efficiency.
• Develop financial models to support planning, budgeting and forecasting, through aggregating and interpreting large amounts of complex data.
  
  

Liaise with our internal DataWorks team to publish a Heatmiser Reporting pack, making our performance accessible to appropriate users across the business.

Liaising with the internal finance and central finance teams to ensure accurate financial reporting.

Critical Competencies for Success

Chartred Accountant CIMA, ACCA or equivalent.

Proven experience working as a financial analyst.

• Proven proficiency in speadsheets, large datasets, database management and knowledge of SAP Business One is highly desirable.
  
  

Excellent reporting, presenting and communications skills.

Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Strategic thinking and organisational skills.

Proven analytical and financial modelling skills.

Experience conducting reviews and evaluations to produce cause and effect reports.

Ability to produce accurate reports to specific deadlines.

Able to develop relationships with cross-departmental team members.