The Finance Analyst will be responsible for the control of core financial operational processes in particular revenue, cost of sales and royalties to ensure the integrity and reliability of monthly financial outputs from the FP&A team.

**Client Details**

Our client is a global market leader in the Aerospace industry looking for a Finance Analyst to join their team in Cheltenham (Gloucestershire).

**Description**

The key responsibilities of the Finance Analyst include:

- Preparing for and attending weekly flash forecast meetings to assess the latest financial position of the company.
- Posting and reconciling items that relate to revenue, cost of sales and royalties, including both P&L and B/S nominals
- Support the accurate maintenance and analysis of B/S, P&L, cash flows and other reports to summarise current and projected financial position of the company.
- Support the organisations budgeting and forecasting process, including but not limited to data gathering and analysis to feed into site and group reporting.
- Production of the management report pack by working day 5, including a full analysis of financial information, detailing variance to budgets, forecasts, and prior year.
- Ensure that appropriate internal and external controls and financial accounting standards are adhered to in the preparation and completion of month end journals and reports to safeguard business assets.
- Supporting the company's annual audit process by maintaining accurate and detailed audit trails and supporting audit queries.

**Profile**

The successful Finance Analyst will be:

- Part Qualified or studying toward full accountancy qualification e.g. (ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent professional qualification.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in a large multinational company.
- Strong System capability and Advanced Excel Skills (lookups, pivots etc.).
- Experience of complex financial models and analysis of large data sets.
- Ability to communicate confidently at all levels and be able to explain financial information to both financial and non-financial audiences.
- Able to establish and develop business relationships across all functions.
- Able to embrace and actively support change in a rapidly progressive organisation.
- Aptitude to work effectively under pressure and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines.

**Job Offer**

The Finance Analyst will have access to:

- 26 days hols plus Bank Hols.
- 37 hour working week with early fin Fri (Mon-Thurs 8 hours, 5 hours Friday).
- Flexible work start time between 7am and 9am (doesn't need to be a set pattern, come and go as you please).
- Discretionary working from home.
- As discussed, study support available once in role. Will be able to consider it as part of an offer but would ultimately require HR Director approval.
- Bonus Scheme - we have a goalshare profit bonus scheme which pays up to 16% of annual salary.