Commercial Finance Analyst

5 days ago


Walsall, United Kingdom Zachary Daniels Full time

**Commercial Finance Analyst | Major Multi-site Retailer**

**Permanent**

**£28,000 - £35,000 + Study Support + Bonus**

**Hybrid working | Walsall**

**The Role**

As part of the Commercial Finance function in support of Distribution you are responsible for aiding the business in achieving company objectives and initiatives. A fully commercial analyst role focused on the financial, commercial, data analysis which formspart of business partnering and decision support.

**Main tasks, duties & responsibilities**:

- You will be responsible for the production of detailed and accurate weekly performance KPI reports using a variety of data sources and presenting this information back to the site senior leadership team in a clear and insightful way that drives actionsand improves site efficiency.
- Will be responsible for producing daily, weekly and monthly financial reports and reviewing Distribution KPI performance for senior management and ensuring:

- Promotion of one number through the business
- Timetable of reports are scheduled and efficiently produced OTIF.
- You will perform as required weekly payroll reconciliation to ensure the accuracy and completeness of labour costs in the management reports, this will include a weekly review of third party invoice submissions, reconciling charges to our internal records
- Responsible for supporting Commercial / Distribution business decisions through Analysis of current and past trends in the KPIs including all areas of cost, cost of sales, by business channel
- Monitoring performance indicators, highlighting trends and analysing causes of unexpected variances, involved in proactive performance reviews to identify underperforming
- Improve performance by evaluating key change events ensuring that the business maximises the ROI
- Help with leading the development of processes around data cleansing, quality, validity, and integrity particularly volume data to be used in commercial analysis
- Develop financial models and analysis to support initiatives
- Supporting Business Partners with in-depth analysis
- Providing suggestions on how cost savings can be achieved in the department
- Assist the Commercial Finance Manager through the quarterly forecasting process, working with internal departments to understand their requirements/risks/opportunities and challenging where appropriate
- Supporting analysis within set timescales to queries raised by the Monday review meetings
- Provide review and continuous updates to financial and operational reports, and data sources
- Monitor the purchase ordering process onsite ensuring POs are raised and approved correctly on a timely basis and suppliers are paid in accordance with terms to avoid service disruption
- Work closely with the central finance team to ensure the management accounts are complete, accurate and timetables are met.
- Produce monthly reconciliation of weekly costs to monthly management accounts and provide explanations/commentary for any differences
- Oher adhoc analysis as and when required

**The Person**
- A desire to be / part-qualified (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) student with associated degree
- At least 12 months experience working in a Logistics environment.
- An eye for detail, commercially minded and passionate about adding value
- Ability to work in a high pressured ever evolving environment
- Must be able to multi-task, manage several deliverables simultaneously, work independently and be extremely flexible in order to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Proactive and takes the initiative - Problem solver - Team player
- Strong
- Microsoft Office, Excel, (working knowledge of Pivot, Look-ups, Sum-ifs), Word, Powerpoint.

**Desirable**
- Oracle experience would be an advantage.
- Detailed understanding of Oracle accounting software and BI tools.
- Access to own Transport for occasional travel to other distribution centres in the network desirable but not essential



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