Business Analyst - Financial Reporting in Portsmouth

We are looking for an experienced Financial Reporting Manager to join us initially on a twelve-month contract. An SQL specialist, the Financial Reporting Manager is responsible for providing management with the analysis and information they need to make major commercial, financial and strategic decisions using a variety of reporting tools, predominantly SQL and Power BI, and leading a small team of financial analysts. The role will be instrumental in establishing the groundwork for best‑in‑class financial reporting/analysis and data governance, to align with the changing needs of the business as it looks to meet ambitious growth plans over the next five years. This is a proactive role investigating and questioning the norm, analysing large data sets, setting up and maintaining financial models – extracting the key information and presenting it clearly and concisely to financial and non‑financial audiences, whilst assessing the business implications.

Key Responsibilities

• Analysis of trends in customer, product and fleet profitability to assist management in key business decisions and process improvements, in particular to prevent and detect commercial risks and opportunities.
• Financial analysis and reporting, including the translation of results into meaningful output utilising tools such as Power BI to give the ‘so what’ answers to the business.
• Creation and maintenance of product profitability monitoring systems and processes.
• Support the pricing team in delivering a KINTO One pricing service, involving ongoing analysis and drawing actionable conclusions to optimise revenue streams and ensure competitive pricing strategies align with the company's objectives.
• Monthly reporting tasks including fleet reconciliation and contractual fee calculations.
• Assist in the accurate and timely production of client/consolidated forecasts, budgets and 5‑year strategic plans, liaising with Strategic Account Managers, departmental heads and other areas of the business as necessary.
• Develop and maintain financial models with accuracy and timeliness to help in commercial business decisions and opportunities, including provisioning models for Asset Risk and Expected Credit Loss.
• Take ownership of projects, profit modelling and any other ad‑hoc financial analysis and presentations as requested by the Manager or the Senior Management Team.
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad‑hoc reports and development of automated reporting tools.

Essential Requirements

• Ideally management experience within a Commercial or Financial Analyst Team in a similar industry/sector.
• Advanced SQL knowledge with ability to create queries, views and procedures, and capable of analysing large datasets.
• Excellent Power BI creation and maintenance.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel – strong fluency with Excel formulas/functions and graphs.
• Ability to streamline functions, strong analytical and data gathering skills, high attention to detail, strong communicator.
• Flexible, adaptable, self‑motivated, with a passion to learn and grow.
• Adherence to KPIs and SLAs, with ongoing review to identify business and process improvement.
• Microsoft Excel – VBA knowledge and capability.

Qualifications

• English and Maths GCSE or equivalent.
• Qualified AAT, part‑qualified / studying CIMA/ACCA useful but not essential.

Personal Attributes

• Confident and proficient with systems, reporting and analysis of data.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously.
• Resilient, resourceful and proficient manager of people.
• Self‑motivated with enthusiasm to succeed.
• Able to project a positive outlook in a fast‑paced, team environment.
• A pro‑active problem solver continuously identifying ways to improve the service provided.
• A powerful communicator with strong service ethic and customer focus.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday.
• Great pension scheme starting at employee (EE) contribution of 4% with an employer (ER) contribution of 11%. This can flex up to 6% EE contribution and 15% ER contribution.
• Hybrid working policy – 2 days from home each week if desired.
• Car scheme following passing of probation.
• Private medical cover.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Discounts on different retailers.
• Free onsite car parking.
• Onsite nursery with discounted prices.
• Well‑being hour each month.
• Discounts on Toyota & Lexus cars.
• Well‑being events.
• Volunteer days.
• Employee assistance programmes.
• Free fruit in the office.

Equal Opportunities

KINTO UK is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from anyone who is excited by the opportunity of joining us and will thoroughly consider all applications without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.

Recruitment Process

At KINTO we value everyone and are pleased to be recognised as a Disability Confident Employer, a national standard that ensures our processes are accessible to all. Everyone is unique, and that means what works for some may not work for everyone. When it comes to recruitment, please let us know if we can adjust our process to meet your accessibility needs. Some examples of how we might be able to help are listed below:

• Providing a copy of interview questions before the interview.
• Organising a time and location that best suits you.
• Allowing additional time for the assessment and interview.

We are happy to review any adjustment on a case‑by‑case basis, so please let us know how we can support you to be your best self. On-the-job training will be provided, recognising we all learn differently, and we want to ensure that our training will suit your learning style.