Finance Business Analyst

At Zayo Europe, we’re driven by a bold vision to power the world through connectivity. We’ve built and operated the critical fibre networks that keep businesses, communities, and economies connected. In 2024, we embarked on an exciting new chapter as a standalone company — a milestone that empowers us to innovate, grow, and lead with greater agility. As we continue to evolve, our mission remains clear: to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that fuels the digital world.

The Analyst will analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures. This individual will monitor the indicators, highlighting and analyzing cases of unexpected variance. They will also oversee and manage the continued development of budgeting, financial, forecasting, operating plan, and modeling tools.

Responsibilities

• Support decision-making and strategic planning activities, serving as a key resource to senior decision-makers in the business.
• Prepare and maintain in-depth analysis, modeling, monthly/quarterly/annual forecasting and reporting of financial and business performance to support company-wide financial and operational goals, initiatives and objectives.
• Develop and implement procedures to manage monthly business analyses with a focus on improving and promoting quality as demonstrated by accuracy and thoroughness of analysis.
• Assist with month-end and quarter-end close and reporting responsibilities.
• Assist with the preparation of presentations (internal and external) of financial and operational business results and analysis.
• Other financial and operational analysis and duties as needed.
• Develop, analyze, track and report operating expenses and capital expenditures.
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance in capital budget.
• Improve performance by evaluating processes to better understand the ROI of capital projects.
• Ad-Hoc reporting and analysis.
• Prepare presentations to Senior Leadership and Board of Directors.
• Quarterly and Monthly Financial reports.
• Mentor and support development of team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA Optional.

UK Rewards

• Competitive compensation including annual incentive plan.
• Hybrid working.
• Excellent benefits including health, disability and life insurance.
• Pension with higher employer contributions up to 8%.
• Retail and fitness membership discounts.
• Generous paid time off policy including enhanced paid parental leave, 25 days paid time off, one floating day and two volunteer days off per annum.
• Employee assistance programs including mental health, wellbeing and medical support.

Zayo Europe provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.