Financial Analyst (Business Partner)

Chertsey, England, United Kingdom

7/18/2025

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The Financial Analyst supports the UK, Ireland, Israel, Italy and Norway Integrated Gases business (commercial and supply chain) in achieving their commitments by providing meaningful financial analysis, accurate reporting and planning, and general financial advice together with an input into decision making.

This is a great opportunity for an individual who is looking to progress and develop with the financial business decision support role. It is important that you already have some financial background and experience to set you up for success! You will be provided the respective coaching and mentoring. Experience with performing financial analysis in excel and preparing power point presentations is key skill.

EXPERIENCE: Relevant financial background and experience are necessary

EDUCATION: University degree. Preferred fields: finance, economics, business, engineering, accounting.

MBA, master’s in Finance or Economics or a financial qualification, completed or in progress (ACCA/CIMA/CMA/CFA) would be a distinctive advantage, especially if degree is out of preferred fields

CONTRACT: Permanent

SALARY: Competitive salary + annual bonus + competitive benefits

As the Financial Analyst, you will

• Contribute to achieving Operating Plan targets for the UK / Ireland / Israel Industrial Gases business:
• Month-end close review results reporting, major factor preparation and analysis of monthly results and forecasting
• Prepare together with the regional management team the monthly/quarterly report package for the Business Area Reviews
• Quarterly formal forecasts for the fiscal year, working closely with business leads, develop analysis comparing forecast to Operating plan targets
• Responsible for preparation of the yearly Operating Plan, working closely with all areas of the business.
• Provide proactive business support, including elements like:
• Provide analysis on major operational / commercial projects – customer profitability, price/margin analysis, new business profitability analysis
• Monitor Capex and facilitate cost control of the supply chain and plant operations.
• Contribute to business meetings and communicate effectively with the UK, Ireland and Israel IG business at all its levels
• Preparing product / distribution cost standards for the integrated gases business
• Support various projects on an ad-hoc basis
• Work with Supply Chain, Customer Engineering, Operations to help them understand cost performance, comparison to the prior year and Operating Plans
• Proactively engage with the team, highlighting cost trends and helping develop actions to correct performance
• Work with the team to support the identification of productivity programs, measuring impact/performance
• Keep a close link between the business unit and the Accounting and Shared Businesses Services organization for the region
  
  

As the Financial Analyst, you already are or have

• Finance Degree and/or in progress of studying ACCA/CIMA
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The high degree of initiative, ability to learn and efficiently manage multiple tasks
• Ownership, showing personal accountability, and a reliable attention to detail
• Experience using MS Excel to analysis data and preparing PowerPoint presentation
• Good systems knowledge (SAP, Analysis/BW) coupled with excellent Office skills (MS Excel)
• Able to identify trends and issues and challenge in a constructive way
• Experience in FP&A function, BI tools: BEX, Qlik Sense, Qlik View would be beneficial
• Prior business or finance partnering experience would be an advantage
  
  

Languages: English. A relevant second language is a plus.

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future. 

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