Assistant Finance Analyst, Corporate Functions

Element has an opportunity for a new Assistant Finance Analyst position within the Corporate Planning & Performance Management (P&PM) team, which is part of the Element Group Finance team and based in London. Our Corporate Planning & Performance Management team is responsible for all management reporting and financial planning processes of the company and the administration of the systems used to support. The team prepares all data, analysis and commentary required to allow the Executive team to articulate the Element story to the Board and external stakeholders. They also act as Finance Business Partners to the Operating Board members that manage our Functional teams (e.g. Finance & Legal, HR, IT). The team is growing and are looking to progress its capabilities and function. This is a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate or early‑career finance professional to join Element's Group Finance team as a Finance Analyst for the corporate functions. The role is primarily focused on supporting our business partnering activities for the Group Corporate functions, namely IT, Legal & Finance - working closely with operational teams to provide financial insight, drive performance, and support decision‑making. In addition to your corporate functions responsibilities, you'll also benefit from a rotation across three other key finance functions: Group Reporting & Controls, Finance Systems, and FP&A. This rotation will give you a well‑rounded understanding of corporate finance and help build the skills needed for a successful long‑term career in finance.

Responsibilities:

• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles across central group functions
• Collaborate with central functions to manage monthly reporting, tracking of actual spend versus budgets (detailed operational expense tracking, analysis and reporting)
• Help maintain and improve finance systems and reporting tools
• Assist in coordinating information for cross‑functional projects and continuous improvement efforts, providing management information to project leadership
• Build relationships with stakeholders across finance and operations
• Liaise with a range of internal stakeholders, including accounting, procurement, IT and project teams to coordinate key information, advise on accounting policy
• Assist in maintaining OPEX spend tracker, preparing and allocating costs to budgets, to analyse variances in spend and provide a management view to IT leadership.

Skills / Qualifications:

• Recently graduated or early in your finance career (degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field desirable)
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Eager to learn, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment
• Working towards a professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA) or keen to start
• Highly desirable skills include:

• Some experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI
• Experience of financial performance analysis, budgeting / forecasting would be advantageous
• Experience with analysing large datasets

• Microsoft Office experience - Strong Excel skills as well as PowerPoint, Word.
• Familiarity with financial systems (e.g., Onestream, Workiva, Blackline) is a plus but not essential
• Knowledge of Power Query/VBA would be highly desirable

Company Overview:

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'. When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access. While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development. Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement:

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the world's most trusted testing partner. All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.