Financial Analyst

The opportunity

Join our Commercial Finance team in a key role supporting the Revenue Business Partnering function. You\’ll help deliver clear reporting and analysis across different channels, product, and firms – providing valuable insights that support senior leaders in making smart, revenue-focused decisions. This role puts you at the centre of commercial decision-making.

Hybrid, Based 2/3 days a week in our Swindon office.

The benefits:

• Salary – up to £40,000
• Bonus scheme – on target bonus -7.5%
• Pension scheme – contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection – 1x salary
• Death in service – 4x salary
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Key Accountabilities:

• Taking ownership of month end and BAU Revenue reporting across all revenue lines.
• Creating new insightful Revenue reporting and financial models.
• Contribute to the preparation of the annual budget and forecasts for all revenue lines working closely with Revenue Business Partners.
• Support completion of the month-end ongoing forecast models and quarterly forecast models for all revenue lines.
• Tracking revenue performance vs Budget, Forecast and Prior Year and conducting variance analysis.
• Analysing Revenue data to provide performance insight to aid decision making.
• Provide ad hoc support and analysis as and when required to Head of Commercial Finance, Revenue Business Partners and wider finance team.
• Review current month end and BAU processes to make efficiency improvements.

What will you need to succeed?

Qualifications/ Experience / Knowledge:

• Early stages / Part Qualified (ACA/CIMA/ACCA).
• Experience in Excel and familiarity with Power BI tool is a plus
• Experience of producing performance reports, building excel models, analysing and interpreting large data sets and budgeting / forecasting.

Skills and Competencies:

• Advanced Excel skills.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills including the ability to interpret large sets of data
• Professional manner; enthusiastic and positive attitude
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail when preparing financial models, reports and forecasting.
• Flexible attitude; willing to support team members with cover and assistance
• Able to build relationships with other business areas / stakeholders.
• Able to prioritise, resource, and plan workload; willing to take initiative.
• A willingness to challenge and not accept things at face value.
• Proactive in streamlining processes and identifying more efficient ways of working.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Knowledge of Financial Services and products, regulations and market dynamics preferred
• Ability to work independently and in cross functional teams

Why us?

We\’re a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We\’re investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We\’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague\’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it\’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.

• Highly competitive salary and flexible benefits
• Highly competitive salary and flexible benefits

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