Senior Financial Analyst in Reading

We Do Group is supporting a global market-leading consumer products business to recruit a Senior Finance Analyst into their high-performing finance team. This role offers the opportunity to join an established international organisation with an outstanding reputation for innovation, working within a collaborative finance team that plays a genuine role in influencing commercial decision making.

We are looking for a commercially minded qualified accountant who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, transforming financial data into meaningful insight and driving reporting improvements that support business growth. This position works closely with the UK Finance Director alongside senior commercial and sales leaders, providing analysis, forecasting and reporting that directly influences business performance.

If you're looking for a role where you can move beyond traditional management accounting, work with senior stakeholders and genuinely influence commercial decisions, then we'd love to hear from you.

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Strong analytical and Excel skills
• Experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools
• Previous experience within a commercial finance, FP&A or finance analyst role
• Confident communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Experience working with product led businesses would be advantageous
• A naturally curious mindset with a passion for continuous improvement

The successful Senior Finance Analyst will be responsible for:

• Full ownership of daily, weekly and monthly commercial and financial performance reporting for a regional business unit, including building and maintaining the annual sales operating plan.
• Delivering insightful KPI reporting and analysis to support strategic decision making.
• Taking ownership of budgeting and forecasting for a regional division, ensuring robust and accurate financial projections.
• Supporting annual budgeting and ongoing forecasting processes across the broader UK&I group.
• Business partnering with key commercial stakeholders (including country leadership) to provide financial insight and challenge where appropriate.
• Contribute to country level board reporting and present key information and insight when required.
• Provide broad consolidated P&L and performance analysis across the wider U&I business, including the monthly management pack.
• Developing and enhancing reporting dashboards using Power BI and other visualisation tools.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes through automation and enhanced data visualisation or AI tools.
• Maintaining the integrity of financial and commercial data to support accurate reporting.
• Producing ad hoc commercial analysis to support strategic projects and business initiatives.
• Supporting wider finance transformation and continuous improvement projects across the UK business.

We are looking for an ambitious finance professional who combines strong technical ability with excellent commercial awareness. You’ll enjoy working with data, spotting trends and turning complex financial information into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will be proactive, inquisitive and confident building relationships across both finance and the wider business, with the ability to challenge constructively and influence decision making. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their commercial finance career within a highly regarded international organisation.

£70k-75k + bonus, private healthcare, enhanced pension, generous holiday allowance and a comprehensive flexible benefits package. This is a hybrid role based in Reading, offering an excellent working environment, strong career development opportunities and exposure to senior commercial leadership within a global organisation.