Finance Analyst
- Warrington, Cheshire
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Working closely with the Finance Business Partner and key stakeholders, your responsibilities will include:
- Margin Analysis - Understand margin performance by region, brand, customer, and supplier. Use large datasets to identify trends, anomalies and opportunities.
- Reporting - Deliver daily and weekly performance reports, prepare monthly review packs, and support flash updates for Group reporting.
- Variance Analysis - Partner with management accounts to explain P&L movements, risks, and opportunities.
- Initiative Tracking - Maintain the initiatives tracker, helping the business stay on track with targets and budgets.
- Budgeting & Forecasting - Support cost centre budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Commercial Support - Bring market context to numbers, helping explain what's behind the data and what action may be needed.
- You'll also work closely with our MIS team to continuously improve reporting through automation and dashboard development.
- Part qualified
- Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail
- Comfortable working with large datasets and Excel (experience with BI tools is a plus)
- Great communicator - able to present complex data in a simple, clear way
- Collaborative, curious, and commercially minded
- A team player who wants to develop their career and make an impact
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays. Company closed during Christmas period
- Great pension, with SIG contributing up to 7.5% and up to 4x life insurance
- Money saving with retail discounts via colleague porta
- Share Incentive Scheme