Senior Finance Analyst Consumer Margin

Were creating something special. We are joining forces to create the biggest mobile network provider in the UK. Through our collective strengths and talents we will transform customers experience and create a best-in-class network for coverage connectivity and reliability delivering greater value and more choice for the nation than ever before.

There are very few moments in our careers where we can feel the ground shifting beneath us where we can sense that something bigger than weve known before is taking shape. Were not just building a company. Were going to build a culture a legacy and a future to be proud of. This will require remarkable leadership and together we can set the standard in the industry and beyond for both customer and employee experience in what it is a career-defining opportunity.

The Senior Finance Analyst is a key role in the FP&A team that is part of the consumer margin vertical. You will work to support your line manager help develop and support other members of your team as well as collaborate with key stakeholders in the wider business.

Your core responsibilities include leading on financial analysis month end variance analysis and commentary consolidation of results feeding into the Finance manager and head of FP&A. You will use your strong understanding of the business to drive analysis and insight and support in the delivery of the financial objectives of the business.

This role will utilise your analytical skills business partnering and presentational skills whilst leading on specific topics during budget and quarterly re-forecasts. Your contributions will help to ensure accurate reporting and understanding of business performance.

The role has to be able to prioritise and manage multiple demands from various stakeholders and requires strong financial analysis skills to contribute to a dynamic high-impacting team.

What youll do

• Financial Reporting
  • Ensure that internal and external reporting deadlines (month end forecasts and other regular reporting requirements) are met with minimal errors
  • Lead on improving processes and efficiencies of outputs using the latest tools
  • Lead on the co-ordination of relevant submissions and inputs into financial systems
• Financial Analysis
  • Validate the monthly results and produce variance analysis to budgets / forecasts pulling out key drivers
  • Report and distribute key trends to senior leaders identifying risks & opportunities
  • Be responsible for the tracking and co-ordination of performance and key initiatives across consumer margin
• Forecasting and budgeting
  • Support your designated margin business partner with the completion of forecasts and budgets and act as a key analyst of performance identifying ways to maximise opportunities and minimise risk
  • Coordinate and track the submissions from the various teams inputting into FP&A and hold them accountable to delivery on time
  • Assist with the production of review decks for the consumer margin area and specific ownership of CC branded.
  • Holistically identify risks and opportunities and efficiencies across consumer margin and work with business to understand and mitigate
    
• Business partnering
  • Excellent stakeholder management including senior leaders within finance and the business ability to manage expectations and solve issues whilst providing solutions and recommendations
  • Ability to challenge and influence senior leaders
  • Strong integration and understanding of the business area that you support as well as wider finance
  • Ability to relay finance information to non finance leaders in a clear concise and relatable way
  • Pull out key trends to affect change and improve business performance
    
• Adhoc Analysis
  • Conduct ad-hoc analysis for your area exploring data and trends to provide insights to the business and other relevant areas as needed.

Qualifications :

Who you are

• Fully Qualified accountant (ACA ACCA or CIMA). 1 -2 years PQE
• Strong MS Excel skills (including filters pivot tables lookups and charts)
• Ability to identify work requirements independently seeking guidance part of the time
• Able to prioritise and deliver high quality/accurate/timely reporting
• Strong accounting and reporting skills with great attention to detail
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Experienced in dealing with senior management and wider business

Deliverables

• Accuracy and timeliness of financial forecasts reporting and analysis
• Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering Effectiveness
• Adaptability in fast-paced environments

Worried that you dont meet all the desired criteria exactly

We know that everyone is unique with multiple aspects to their identity and different experiences behind them. We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align exactly with every part of the job description we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

Additional Information :

Need to know

We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to interview for a role that matches their collaboration with our Talent Diversity & Inclusion teams and our employee-led DEI Networks we identified a range of reasonable adjustments to help you feel comfortable and perform at your best self during the interview process. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey for example extended time or breaks in between online assessments a sign language interpreter or assistive technology please contact your recruiter directly or email for guidance.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1