Finance Analyst

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000

Job description

Sewell Wallis are currently working with our client, a global manufacturing and distribution business based in Rotherham, as they recruit a Finance Analyst into their commercial finance team. This South Yorkshire based business offers the perfect balance of exceptional corporate benefits and flexible/hybrid working at the same time as being able to offer rewarding careers.

People who work here stick around. They have a local central finance team and they actively promote internal promotions and secondments into different area of finance meaning you'll be offered opportunities to either broaden your skill set or step up into management role in the future.

What will you be doing?

• The Finance Analyst motivates, coaches, and influences other members of the Finance team in areas of data and digitalisation.
• Support and challenge other members of the finance team using data to ensure the right decisions are being taken.
• Drive forward process change across the organisation through the use of automation techniques.
• Provide a link between the global/regional digitalisation team and the local Finance team to highlight specific initiatives that could be adopted locally.
• Support the Finance manager for Data and Digitalisation on specific initiatives that support a harmonised approach to business partnering across finance.
• Work across business areas to provide consistent insight and analysis that drives data-driven decisions.
• Support the whole of finance in identifying automation potential that improves overall business reporting.
• Support the Finance Manager for Data and Digitalisation with the overall data and automation strategy.
• Drive the use of data to ensure consistency and speed of KPI reporting.

What skills do we need?

• The Finance Analyst will be degree educated with a strong, proven accounting background (CIMA/ACA qualified), with first time passed preferred. Part qualified candidates with an appetite for development will also be considered.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both financial and less-financial audiences of all levels of a multi-national organisation.
• Previous experience in creating models and analysis in Power BI or similar.
• Ability to learn new data and automation techniques with their own initiative.
• Previous experience in automation/digitalisation projects.
• Experience with project management methodologies such as Six Sigma, Prince2, SCRUM or similar is preferred.
• Good knowledge of SAP R3/Business Warehouse & IBM TM1 System is also desirable.

What's on offer?

• Salary of £60,000.
• 10% annual bonus.
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Career progression opportunities.