Senior Financial Analyst in Manchester

You don't become the industry leader with average Finance hires. At Intrum, we enable financial health for people, businesses, and society. As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll play a key role in supporting our mission by delivering insight, driving performance, and helping shape strategic decisions that make a real difference.

Make a Difference in a Values-Driven Business

This is more than a finance role‑it's an opportunity to be a trusted advisor, working across teams to deliver meaningful impact. You'll bring clarity to complex financial data, support growth, and help us deliver on our promise to clients and customers with empathy, ethics, dedication, and smart solutions. You'll operate in our Manchester city centre office, with the added flexibility of hybrid working with travel to our other UK offices as required.

What you will do:

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the business, translating financial insights into strategic action.
• Partner with commercial teams to shape business performance, influence key decisions, and unlock growth opportunities by leading cross‑functional collaboration, bringing finance to the heart of business conversations.
• Deliver sharp financial analysis and forecasting that drives profitability and operational excellence.
• Produce monthly client P&L statements and profitability reports to support performance reviews with business owners in order to drive improvements in profitability.
• Provide clear, actionable financial insights to support strategic initiatives and commercial planning including identifying risks and opportunities, recommending ways to optimise performance and efficiency.
• Drive improvements in reporting tools, dashboards, and planning processes.
• Contribute to month‑end reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and long‑term financial planning cycles.
• Liaise with FP&A and Financial Control teams to ensure integrity of financial data.
• Devoted to the FCA principle of Consumer Duty; by ensuring we are driving good customer outcomes across all aspects of services that have potential to impact our customers.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in complex financial analysis, with a demonstrable track record of business partnering.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels including non‑finance stakeholders.
• Proactive, analytical mindset with a passion for solving problems and driving change.
• Confidence in working with large data sets, financial models, and performance metrics.
• Collaborative approach and a desire to make a tangible impact on business outcomes.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience in reading existing financial models, as well as designing new models as required.
• Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Workday, Oracle) and BI tools.
• ACCA/CIMA qualified with significant experience post‑qualification.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and attractive benefits package including 33 days holidays including bank holidays upon commencement, with the ability to buy more or sell back.
• You can participate in gadget schemes.
• Contributory workplace pension scheme.
• Additionally, you'll get an extra day to celebrate your birthday.
• You'll receive training and coaching for your personal development/progression, and employee recognition programmes to help you grow in your career.
• You'll have access to private medical insurance, life assurance, and more.
• You'll enjoy discounts on gym memberships, cycle to work schemes, and a 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• You'll also have sociable working hours and breakfast/snacks provided in the office.

Supportive, open, and value‑driven culture: Ethics. Dedication. Solutions. Empathy. Our values aren't just words hanging in the reception. They guide us all daily. It's what makes our culture inclusively open, inspiringly supportive and rich in diverse perspectives. It's why Intrum is a natural home for people ready to make a difference. And it's why people like you recognise this is the place to do just that.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Intrum we strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. If a person with disabilities is put at a disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact Intrum Talent Acquisition team as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

We are an equal opportunities employer and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We will conduct credit, fraud, criminal record, right to work and reference checks as part of our pre-employment screening. You should not be bankrupt, have any outstanding county court judgments on your credit file. You must not have excessive default balances and any outstanding debt will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.

Intrum is Europe's leading credit management services provider, helping businesses secure payments while supporting consumers in regaining financial stability across 20 European countries. With 9,000 dedicated employees, we work every day to create sustainable financial solutions. We lead ourselves when we collaborate to meet the needs of our clients and customers. We are all accountable to our actions as well as trust and care for each other. This makes us all leaders, independent of role or responsibility, and this is reflected in our 3 leadership principles: Deliver Impact, Inspire Trust and Embrace Growth.