Job Description
Who we're looking for
We are looking for a cost financial analyst to join the Schroders' Financial Planning and Analysis ('FP&A') team, with a specific focus on supporting the Global Technology & COO Office Finance Business Partnering team.
The Finance Business Partnering team ensures that operational expenditure is well controlled, allocated and key costs drivers and methodologies are understood by the business segments and entities that use IT services while also ensuring Technology’s overall spend is aligned with the Group’s strategic objectives and based on sound commercial decision making.
The cost financial analyst will play a critical role in the success of the Finance business partnering team by collaborating closely with various stakeholders to produce accurate, timely and useful cost insight, evaluate and challenge financial performance, and ensure compliance with financial policies, process, and regulations.
About Schroders
We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to
helping our clients, and society, prosper.
The base
At Schroders, we're known for doing things differently. That's why we’re building a home for the ambitious in Horsham, West Sussex. You’ll get the all the benefits of being part of a world-leading FTSE 100 company. But you’ll also get the support of being part of a genuine local community. If you’re looking for opportunities that match your ambitions, you’ll find them right here in Horsham.
What You'll Do
- Reporting: Review actuals (pre-payments, accruals, and costs journals etc.) and prepare standard cost variance insight for performance reporting and reviews. Work with the business to develop and update cost allocation drivers and provide analysis on any material changes to budget assumptions.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the business stakeholders and finance business partners in the development and system updating of annual budgets and quarterly cost re-forecasts.
- Performance Analysis: Track actuals vs targets, including identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Process Improvement: Deliver accurate and timely finance process (month-end close, budget, and forecast system updating and reconciliations, allocation updates and reconciliation, and ensure finance systems remain aligned to business structures and changes) while also identifying opportunities supporting simplification and continuous improvement.
- Ad hoc Analysis: Provide support for ad hoc financial analysis and projects as required.
The Knowledge, Experience And Qualifications You Need
- A background in cost analysis, budgeting & forecasting, cost allocation drivers, and business partner support. An understanding of Investment Management Technology cost drivers an advantage.
- Newly qualified with a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or international equivalent) and desire to develop into a commercial finance business partner.
- Strong analytical mindset supported with strong Excel and Power BI capability and the ability to consolidate cost data into useful summaries and reports that tell a story.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and proven experience collaborating with a range of stakeholders, both within Finance and in the business.
- Deliver within tight deadlines, work well with others, and improve efficiency while maintaining an appropriate control framework.
The Knowledge, Experience And Qualifications That’ll Help
- Financial Services Industry / Investment Management experience an advantage, but not mandatory.
- Highly energetic, curious, and self-motivated, demonstrating an ability to self-solve and seek to be a good example in terms of the ‘what’ and the ‘how.’
- Be able to engage and collaborate with various stakeholders including tailoring messaging to the audience.
- Proactive team player with excellent interpersonal skills and able to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships.
- Able to manage competing demands on time where necessary.
We Recognise Potential, Whoever You Are
Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics
About Us
We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.
