Assistant Business Analyst

5 days ago

Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom Page Personnel Finance Full time

Sitting in the R2R (record to report) function, the Assistant Business Analyst is responsible for the analysis, maintenance and initial sign off of the monthly accounts and are responsible for the management of all analysis, variances and reporting of theP&L and Balance Sheet ensuring compliance against accounting standards for all transactions within their remit of the accounts and communicating these to finance and non-finance communities.

**Client Details**

The client is sector-leading retail company based in Bury St Edmunds, running over 1000s of branches in towns, villages and high streets across the England, Wales & Scotland. It's their people that make them an incredible place to work. They have been throughsome changes, but everything they do is underpinned by giving their teams the freedom to be themselves and own their success. Encouraging you to embrace and unleash your potential by thinking differently and doing the right thing.

**Description**

**Key responsibilities of Assistant Business Analyst**:

- Ensure all transactions are checked and highlighted for variances against budget
- Production of the monthly accounts for the respective cost centres and balance sheet areas and highlighting to the Finance business partners where there are ares of concern
- Ensure that all journals are well documented and understood before posting
- Management of the respective balance sheet accounts and cost centres and identifying and correcting any anomalies in the accounts
- Working with the auditors and finance teams to ensure we are audit-compliant
- Working with the business partners in the respective areas to make sure they are aware of and held accountable for any unusual of out-of-budget costs
- Identify areas of continual improvement, especially around process automation and reporting standardisation that can save time and improve awareness

**Profile**
- Ability to confidently communicate financial information to finance/non-finance people
- Good analytical skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to challenge and have difficult conversations
- Team work essential

**On the job experience in existing or comparable role**:

- Ability to understand basic/intermediate accounting principles
- Excel and IT literate
- Come from some accounting background either within a shared services function or a finance function

**Qualified in/studying towards relevant qualifications for role or equivalent**:

- AAT or early stages of CIMA/ACCA. Apprenticeship offered and completion of a recognised accountancy qualification is required on an ongoing basis
- Strong Maths & English

**Job Offer**

**What's in it for you?**
- Competitive salary and pension contribution scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Up to 33% discount across all our sites for you and your friends and family
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy additional days.
- Free onsite parking
- An employee advice and guidance service and the healthcare service, Best Doctors.
- As one of the industry's leading apprenticeship providers, we can offer training and development at any stage of your career, whatever step you decide to take

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