Finance Analyst

* Career changing progression and development
- Perfect role for a assistant accountant looking for a step up
Our client, a household name is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis
You will be part of a leading international FMCG organization manufacturing household products.
This role is perfect for a c focused analyst who has experience working with month-end and dealing with large data sets
As the Finance Analyst you will be responsible for:

- Working closely with the Finance Business Partner, to ensure that key aspects of the monthly management accounts processes are appropriately administered and information is available in a timely fashion.
- Work with the Head of FP&A and Finance Business Partner to deliver a five-year financial plan and one-year budget which will help the businesses to deliver their strategy and goal.
- To ensure that key aspects of the financial accounting and management accounting processes are appropriately administered and information is available in a timely fashion.
- Close off the ledgers within agreed timescales and ensure that all key balance sheet control accounts have been reconciled and approved on a monthly basis.
- Ensure robust financial processes exist to support the integrity of reporting and ultimately safeguard the company against loss (e.g. balance sheet recs, bank recs, etc) and that regulatory processes are complied with (HMRC, Companies Act, etc).
- Support the businesses with reporting and analysis, ensuring accuracy, relevancy, and timeliness of insight.
- Support the Finance Business Partner in various other financial activities as required.
- Preparation of month-end management accounts.
- Ensure that financial performance is well understood across the business, and commercial insight is generated in a way that colleagues generate learnings and instigate change.
- Ensure that the Head of FP&A and Finance Business Partner are well appraised of performance (e.g. variances vs budget) and emerging long-term trends.
- Preparation of information for presentations across the business, for example, weekly reporting (including KPIs, etc.), Board reporting, etc.
- Support financial control and ensure that key balance sheet control accounts have been reconciled on a monthly basis.
- Work with auditors to ensure subsidiary statutory accounts are produced within the required timescales.
In return, our client can offer a great work culture, a competitive salary, and a chance to progress your career in finance.