Financial Analyst

£45,000 Per annum

Hybrid role with 3 days per week working from our head office in Swindon

Our reputation as the UK’s largest newspaper and magazine wholesaler speaks for itself. Every day, we serve more than 22,400 customers from 33 distribution centres across the country. Behind every nightly miracle is a team of dedicated people carrying out more roles than you realise – we’re the unseen force that delivers. So when we say we’re excited for what the future holds for our customers and colleagues, you can trust we’re as good as our word.

This newly created role within the Finance Business Partnering team exists to support the Smiths News operation with reporting, analysis and insight. Smiths News operates a network of 33 distributions centres and depots, you will work alongside the Finance Business Partner for Operations and Operational colleagues to bring insight into their performance, support with budgeting and forecasting and to work on projects aimed at improving reporting and analysis and embedding a performance mindset across the sites.

About the Role

• Supporting the Finance Business Partner – Operations with regular weekly reporting
• Supporting the preparation of the monthly Operations Financial Review presentation for the Operations Director and CFO.
• Supporting the budgeting and forecasting processes for the operation using a combination of Excel and IBM Planning Analytics.
• Develop and report on metrics aligned with the Operations Performance team, ensuring one version of the truth which brings clear insight into performance.
• Performance bench-marking across sites, identifying best practice and opportunities for improvement.
• Supporting with tracking cost efficiency initiatives across the sites and reporting against the overall productivity targets.
• Using excellent organisation and planning capabilities to ensure promises are delivered and deadlines are met without any compromise to quality of output.
• Bringing a critical eye and a continuous improvement mindset, working with the wider Business Partnering team and Management Accounting team to drive reporting and process improvements.

What we can offer you

Not only do we offer free onsite parking and competitive salary but you’ll also have access to:

• Company funded Health Cash Plan – providing cash back for everyday healthcare costs such as dental, optical and physiotherapy
• 5% match pension
• 25 days holiday plus holiday buy scheme
• 24/7 E-Learning modules, Training and Development opportunities
• Sharesave Scheme, Cycle to work schemes, Health cash plan
• Colleague Assistance Programme & Colleague referral scheme

About you

• Qualified / part qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA).
• Experience of a multi-site operation would be an advantage
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Experience with financial reporting and analysis tools (e.g. SAP, HFM, IBM Planning Analytics, Power BI)
• Exceptional attention to detail and eye for accuracy
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Personable, reliable, hardworking, conscientious
• Ability to manage in ambiguous situations, and with conflicting deadlines
• Curious to understand the business, the drivers of performance and the levers available to influence it
• Completer finisher mind -set
• Project management skills are desirable, but not essential

Please note: you must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position. A career with us is a career filled with people, pride, and passion. We rely on each other to get the job done, and we deliver what we say we will. Let’s see if we can rely on you, too.

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