Financial Analyst/Commercial Analyst

Commercial Finance Analyst 

Resourcery Group are working exclusively with one of the Liverpool region's best employers as they look to hire a new Commercial Finance Analyst. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and profitable business at a time of growth. Our client has an excellent reputation and the Commercial Finance Analyst will join a high performing and award winning finance function.

Based from their Liverpool office (hybrid working available) The Commercial Finance Analyst will report into the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager and will work closely with the Finance Director. This role will play an integral part of helping the FP&A team to meet the forecasting & analysis needs for key stakeholders within the finance team and the wider business.

Our client has a strong presence in the UK but also a global reach. The business has revenues is excess of £500m and recent results have been outstanding. The business is able to offer first class progression and development opportunities that are hard to match.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the FP&A Manager on the short and medium term forecasting for UK and overseas entities.
• Act as a Business Partner and provide analysis to senior stakeholders across the business
• Play a key role in ensuring the successful adoption of the newly implemented FP&A software within the finance team
• Create, develop and enhance performance dashboards in FP&A software which focus on the key financial metrics of the business
• Support the FP&A Manager and Head of Finance in the production and understanding of Quarterly Business Reviews
• Analysis of results to gain a full understanding of costs, variances against budgets and previous forecasts
• Explain variances and trends to key stakeholders for the business
• Support the FP&A Manager and wider business with any ad-hoc analysis requests

Key Requirements

• Recognised accounting qualification or working towards ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• Excellent Communication skills
• Forecasting and Business Partnering experience
• Advanced Excel skills and data manipulation