Finance Analyst

1 day ago

Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Bright Horizons UK Full time

Finance Analyst

Salary: up to £28,000 DOE

Hours: 37.5 per week / Monday-Friday

Job Type: FTC for 12 months, Fulltime

Location: Hybrid role - travelling to our Northampton office when working in the office regularly ~ 2 to 3 days per week.


**You need to be able to commute to the Northampton office each week.**


Purpose of Role:

As a Finance Analyst for the Work & Family area of the business, you will be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of our client contract revenue and billing, understanding and analysing the monthly client revenue fluctuations, and reporting the balances by client for both unbilled and deferred revenue. You will take part in ensuring the month end transactions are posted and will support other areas of the business with related queries.


Our team works in weekly, monthly, and quarterly cycles supporting over 400 clients and the Finance Analyst will be a critical part of the team to help keep daily transactions and processes organised and outstanding items prioritised.


What you'll be doing:

  • Read client contract financial terms via signed legal agreements, record the data points into the ERP system, & ensure the revenue and billing is generating correctly.
  • Work closely with Client Relations and Legal on understanding and implementing contract terms for written and auto renewal agreements.
  • Ensure client revenue has reported correctly in the monthly P&L and be able to explain the fluctuations for reasonableness.
  • Adhere to monthly and quarterly deadlines as it pertains to posting transactions to the P&L and Balance Sheet.
  • Be able to evidence controls to management and Internal and External auditors.
  • Create and/or explain fluctuations on balance sheet reconciliations for unbilled and deferred revenue.


What we need from you:

  • Timely and accurate posting of accounting transactions
  • Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations
  • Identification of risks and opportunities
  • Supporting with the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting where necessary
  • Perform ad-hoc analysis as required
  • Explain complex financial information to Non-Finance Staff and support them with finance-based queries
  • Collaborate and communicate with other Finance Departments
  • Support Finance Business partners with any queries
  • Work effectively with different parts of the organisation to achieve common goals
  • Keep up to date with organisational changes, financial regulations, and the marketplace
  • Respond appropriately to issues requiring confidentiality
  • Interact with Internal and External Auditors


Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply – as you may be just what we are looking for Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS. Some of our roles require specific qualifications by law, this will be highlighted as essential within the advert.

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