At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and enhance financial models to support strategic decisions and growth.
- Company: Join a growing children's nursery group with a focus on in-house financial modelling.
- Benefits: Opportunity for permanent role, impactful work, and career development.
- Other info: Engage with senior leaders and drive commercial insights in a supportive team.
- Why this job: Make a lasting impact by shaping financial strategies in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Strong financial analysis skills and advanced Excel proficiency required.
The predicted salary is between 60750 - 74250 £ per year.
Global Accounting Network is partnering with a growing children's nursery group to appoint an experienced
Finance Data Analyst / Financial Modeller on an interim basis for 12 months.
This is a newly created role as the business brings its financial modelling capability in-house, having previously outsourced the function.
Reporting into the senior leadership team, you'll play a key role in building robust financial models that support strategic decision-making, operational planning and future growth.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building models from the ground up and partnering with stakeholders to drive commercial insight.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, enhance and maintain financial models to support business planning and decision-making.
- Analyse nursery performance using key operational metrics, including occupancy levels, number of children, staffing ratios and profitability.
- Produce forecasting models around future growth, capacity planning and workforce requirements across the nursery portfolio.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
- Partner with operational leaders to provide commercial insight and recommendations.
- Deliver financial analysis to support acquisitions, new site openings and wider M&A activity.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting, modelling and planning processes as the function is established internally.
About You
- Strong financial analysis or FP&A experience.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills are essential.
- Experience building and maintaining complex financial models from scratch.
- Commercially minded with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
- Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and challenging assumptions.
- Previous experience within multi-site businesses (retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, childcare or similar) would be highly advantageous.
- M&A, investment appraisal or expansion modelling experience would be beneficial.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing organisation at an exciting stage of its journey, taking ownership of a brand-new function with the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
There is also genuine potential for the role to become permanent following the initial contract.
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Interim Finance Data Analyst employer: Global Accounting Network
Join a dynamic and rapidly growing SAAS business in the heart of the West End, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the finance function from the ground up. With a competitive salary and bonus structure, along with a hybrid working model, this company fosters a collaborative work culture that prioritises employee growth and development. As part of a small yet ambitious team, you will have the unique opportunity to influence key financial strategies and processes, making a significant impact on the company's success.
