Senior Finance Analyst

About The Role

**Job Title:** Senior Finance Analyst
**Industry:** Consumer Services
**Employment Type:** Permanent
**Location:** London
**Salary Guide:** £55,000
**REF:** RI54148

Our client is an international listed consumer business with operations in multiple locations and over 40 countries, an extensive network across the UK, and revenues in excess of £3 billion. The business is looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to work closely with Group, Divisional, and Country Finance teams, to deliver accurate, timely, and insight-led financial reporting, providing commercial analysis that will inform management decision-making. The ideal candidate will be immediately available or on one month notice and at the final stage of their accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).

**Description**
The responsibilities of the Senior Finance Analyst role include but are not limited to:

- Own monthly Flash, management, and cash flow reporting, delivering clear variance analysis, key messages, and performance narratives for senior management and the Board.
- Manage weekly and monthly sales reporting, analysing like-for-like performance, investigating variances, and translating results into actionable commercial insights.
- Coordinate budgets and forecasts across divisions, challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy, and identify emerging financial risks and opportunities.
- Partner with Divisional, Country, and Group Finance teams, providing constructive challenge, analysis, and clear recommendations to support decision-making.
- Support reporting-system improvements, data integrity, and controls, while coordinating year-end databases and reviewing Half-Year and Year-End reporting schedules.
- Drive improvements to FP&A processes, reduce manual effort, enhance reporting quality, and ensure consistent standards.

**Skills**
The skills of the Senior Finance Analyst role include but are not limited to:

- Actively sitting exams for the final stage of ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
- Experience of management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Advanced Excel, financial modelling, Power BI/Power Query, and finance systems.
- Great attention to detail and able to meet tight deadlines.

**Apply**
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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

The client has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for over 30 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity-backed businesses, and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure, and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.