Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Overview

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Overall Summary
At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of monthly reporting packs, outlining key financial performance metrics to Motor Management
• Business partner with senior stakeholders to create cost budgets, monitor actual spend and help to identify cost saving opportunities, efficiencies and potential risks
• Provide timely commentary and variance analysis to support understanding of financial performance against budgets, forecasts and prior year
• Draft communications to investor relations relating to Motor’s performance, including gathering supporting evidence
• Partner with the Operations, Sales, Marketing and other functions, helping them to understand and control key cost drivers
• Support the Retail Operations Business Partner with cost reporting to enable them to assess the performance of the division
• Support with the preparation of the UK and CFCI management accounts, outlining key financial performance metrics to board members

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent attention to detail
• Proficient in technical aspects of accounting
• Advanced Excel skills
• Confident in working with senior stakeholders
• An engaging communication style and the ability to explain complex financial matters to non-finance colleagues
• Highly motivated with a pro-active attitude towards work
• Professional communication skills, both oral and written
• A qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA)

Nice to have
Excel modelling experience

• Experience of the Financial Services or Automotive sectors

Additional Information

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

About Close Brothers
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

How to learn more
To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

Seniority level Not Applicable

Employment type Full-time

Job function Finance and Sales