Finance Analyst

ALD is uniquely positioned as an international organisation which has kept its Bristol-based family roots. We are proud to be part of the international French financial services firm, Société Générale, and to uphold the highest ethical and regulatory standards.

ALD Automotive is the leading vehicle leasing operation in Europe, managing over 1.6 million vehicles across 43 countries. Within the UK, ALD has a portfolio of over 150,000 leased and fleet managed vehicles, and is a market leader in innovation and servicequality. A fully owned subsidiary of Société Générale we are global leaders in mobility solutions providing full service leasing and fleet management services, Ranked #3 Worldwide and #1 in Europe by number of contracts under management.
Through our Move 2025 strategy, we will become the global leader in our industry. That means investing in innovation and technology, sustainable solutions, state of the art digital capability and OF COURSE OUR PEOPLE

ALD is uniquely positioned as an international organisation which has kept its Bristol-based family roots. We are proud to be part of the international French financial services firm, Société Générale, and to uphold the highest ethical and regulatory standards.

If you come to work for ALD, you’ll be part of this exciting journey.
Are you looking to take the next step in your career?
Are you looking for an exciting challenge, with plenty of growth opportunity?
- **Accounting & General Ledger department deals with all accounting functions, from management and financial accounting, budgeting, systems accounting, complex treasury function through to processing receipts and payments. Reporting to the ManagementAccountant this role is initially being offered as a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.**_

**Key Purpose**
- Delivery of robust financial reporting
- Contributing to a data-led ethos in decision making within the business through development of financial management information and trend analysis
- Oversight and control of overhead cost

**Summary of Responsibilities**
- Assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts and analyse key variances against prior period and budget
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations as a key control to ensure accuracy of monthly reporting
- Take ownership of accounting for overhead costs, including posting monthly accrual and prepayment journals and reviewing/challenging costs.
- Develop and maintain clear management information for distribution and presentation to key stakeholders.
- Support with the annual budgeting process, including determining expected overhead costs for the next financial year
- Assist with the development of margin analysis and profitability reporting.

**Skills, Experience & Background**
- Professional accountancy qualification (minimum AAT qualified or ACA/ACCA/CIMA part-qualified)
- Proven experience in a finance role
- Competent user of Microsoft Excel (comfortable with pivot tables, nested formulas, key functions including VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, IF, SUMIF, SUMPRODUCT etc.)
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently, with the confidence to seek support or input from line manager and colleagues wherever required
- Experience in managing and communicating with stakeholders outside the Finance team
- Appetite to further develop technical accounting and industry knowledge
- Exposure to or desire to learn technical programming languages e.g. SAS, SQL, VBA, Crystal Reporting, Power BI

**What we can offer **
Generous contributory pension scheme
25* days holiday, in addition to bank holidays
Volunteering days to assist in charity work/CSR Initiatives
An excellent CSR agenda - Ecovadis certification
Flexible working options available
Study leave where applicable
Enhanced parental leave
Occupational Health Programme
Introduction bonuses for referring an Employee or Customer
Access to LinkedIn Learning/time towards to your CPD
Cycle2work Scheme
EV charging points, bike storage, shower & changing facilities and car parking (limited)
Progressive/collaborative culture
- Don’t meet every single requirement? However, are you excited by the prospect of progressing your career with us, as you offer most of the skills or experience we're looking for? Then please go ahead and apply, you could be just what we need _