Senior Financial Analyst

time left to apply End Date: March 14, 2025 (5 days left to apply)

job requisition id R4171

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading provider of financial advice, investments and wealth management, committed to being the UK’s best wealth manager for clients and their advisers. Quilter oversees £116.2 billion in customer investments (as 30 September 2024). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level: 4

Department: Finance

Location: Southampton/ London

Contract Type: Permanent

Non-Regulated

Working closely with the Network Business Partner to provide high quality analysis, insight and decision support to the Network Executive management team and other business stakeholders to help achieve the Group’s and Business Unit’s objectives and strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete financial assessments of potential new AR recruits and track their performance once they are part of the network.
• Monitor and assess the performance of the Quilter Partner hub firms against agreed milestones.
• Complete credit assessments of firms wishing to borrow money or refinance existing loan arrangements.
• Support the Business Partner with decision support, assisting with ad hoc analysis, scenario modelling, reporting etc.
• Support the Business Partner during the annual business planning and forecasting cycles, working closely with functional stakeholders to ensure submissions are robust, timely and in line with Group expectations.
• Support the Business Partner with the analysis and interpretation of Financial Performance of the Business Unit. Developing our AR performance analysis to better understand QFP.
• Respond to and proactively seek opportunities for efficiency.
• Advocate for change, challenge status quo and seek improvements.
• Build relationships across Quilter plc Finance to learn from and share best practice and standards.
• Provide insight and explanation to stakeholders within the wider Quilter Group.

About You

Key skills and experience required:

• Strong grasp of economic principals, accounting fundamentals and is commercially focused.
• Analytical mind set, able to use data and metrics to drive actions and develop solutions for the Business.
• Ability to deal with high levels of ambiguity, navigate complex organisational structures, managing multiple stakeholders and service providers within a matrix environment.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation.
• Capable of working in detail but able to summarise complex information.
• Communicating with impact, including written skills and presentation capability.
• Works with agility and at pace with limited supervision, escalating as appropriate.
• Credibility, professionalism, and strong personal integrity.
• Embraces change and initiates new and better ways of working to drive continuous improvement.
• Embraces a collaborative working environment to achieve shared objectives.
• Fully qualified accountant via ACCA, CIMA or ICAEW.

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.

Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.

Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.

Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.

Life Assurance: 4x your salary.

Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only.

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.

About Us

We create brighter financial futures for every generation.

We do this by guiding our customers and their families through the complexity of planning for their financial future, responding to their rapidly evolving needs and giving them peace of mind. And, with all that’s happening in the world today, our role in society has never been more meaningful.

Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity that we need, to help us get there.

We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution is valued, and our people can thrive. No matter what your role is or where you sit, your voice will matter. We hope you like what you hear and are interested in learning more about joining us.

Flexible Working

We believe our workplace needs to work for you, so we offer an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so our talent acquisition team are on hand to discuss your needs. Please contact us to learn more.

Our promise to you

We are committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect. Our people come from all kinds of backgrounds and have a wide range of expertise, so we welcome your application regardless of your beliefs, culture, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation and or disability. Please contact the talent acquisition team if you need any reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, require information in an alternative format or have any questions around accessibility, we will try our very best to accommodate.

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