Finance Analyst, based in Basingstoke with flexible hybrid working available.
Salary: £40k – £55k, depending on experience, plus annual bonus.
Ferox Partners are excited to be working with a high growth, high volume business, to recruit a Finance Analyst. Reporting to the Head of FP&A and working within a small team, you will play a key role in driving financial insight and performance reporting across the business, in a fast-moving, PE-backed environment. You will have strong financial knowledge and an analytical, commercial mindset, going beyond the numbers to understand what is driving performance and translating that into clear, confident communication for senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Own and manage the month-end timetable, including leading review meetings and presenting monthly results to key stakeholders
- Produce monthly forecast/budget variance analysis, highlighting any issues with key business stakeholders and maintaining forecast scenarios
- Assist Head of FP&A in developing and managing forecast/budget processes, working with the wider finance team who own the core inputs.
- Assist Head of FP&A with preparation of performance decks and board reports covering a range of financial outputs as well as market & competitor insights.
- Assist with the preparation of investor and PE reporting, supporting data collation and analysis as required
Key attributes & characteristics:
- Naturally analytical, intellectually curious and data driven, with the ability to turn complex datasets into clear, actionable insight and a drive to understand the why behind the numbers, not just report them
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to pivot quickly in response to shifting priorities and comfortable operating with ambiguity and ad hoc demands
- Self-starter, but able to work cross-functionally and within a team
Key skills and experience required
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a finance team, including production of management accounts and senior stakeholder reporting
- Strong financial analysis experience, manipulating large sets of data
- Working knowledge of Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tools
- High level of proficiency in developing forecast/budget models
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and financial modelling
Other benefits to include:
- 10% discretionary annual bonus
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- 1 Paid volunteering day per year
- Life insurance at 3 x annual salary from day 1
- Quarterly company events
- Free snacks & drinks in the office
- Free office parking
