Financial Analyst

3 weeks ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Ameriprise Full time

The Alternatives & Product business partnering team within the Lead Finance Office (‘LFO’) supports a variety of business heads with all commercial finance-related activities, from strategic reviews to cost/benefit analysis. This includes MI production, expense and headcount management, commentary, budgeting and forecasting, product analysis, ad-hoc analysis and business plans.

Your role combines the need for strong analytical skills with the ability to connect with people at all levels.

How youll spend your time...

• Develop, enhance and run forecasting/planning models and perform variance analysis. Create routine reporting by driving variance analysis, with a focus on providing commercial and business context.

• Assist in developing commentary around business results. Perform independent analysis using multiple data sources to derive root causes.

• Produce insightful & well considered ad hoc financial reports and analysis on a timely, accurate and consistent basis as required.

• Develop and maintain relationships across Finance to ensure high quality output from Finance in the eyes of the wider business.

• Improve the level of understanding of the financial data in the team to enable its members to better support the business.

• Increase Finances profile and builds trust throughout the organisation by the production of value-added management information.

• Consistently demonstrate and uphold our values: excellence, respect, integrity and client focus

To be successful in this role you will have...

• Demonstrable ability to complete financial modelling tasks and financial analysis using Microsoft Excel and/or other tools

• Experience applying accounting and financial concepts to interpret and solve business problems

• The ability to create outputs that support decisions and understand the end-need for the analysis

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• A commercial mindset which naturally focuses on continuous improvement

• Demonstrable knowledge of finance, accounting, and analytical skills

• Tenacity, self-awareness and attention to detail

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) and excellent academics with experience in another financial/analytical role

If you also had this, it would be great…

• Experience in building relationships that influence and establish credibility across an organisation

• Experience in using data extraction tools such as Qlikview/SQL.

About Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments youll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.

Were intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients specific requirements.

Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base.

We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.



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