
Junior Finance Analyst
- Brighton
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
- Receiving cost inputs from multiple functions (Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Contracts / Subcontracts) and ensuring they are captured accurately in the Basis of Estimate (BoE) tool.
- Assist in the maintenance and development of the Basis of Estimate tool.
- Attend cost and price reviews with senior management and take ownership of the financial data being presented
- Support the business in defining and regularly reviewing labour and material rate structures, analysis of overheads and application at project level.
- Project planning including preparation and control of a detailed project plan, associated work package management and monthly cost analysis.
- Prepare and analyse monthly project financial reports and support the Program Managers in reporting to senior management.
- Ensure consistent project reporting, data collection and analysis across the defined projects.
- Support the preparation and submission of budgets and forecasts.
- Understand risk identification and registers. Be involved in collating risk assessments and assist in risk management and mitigation.
- Support financial audits with internal, external, and customer auditors as required.
- Provide support and cover to the existing finance team.
- Other projects and reporting as identified.
- Educated to degree level
- An understanding of project financials and accounting fundamentals
- Must be self-directed, proactive, and desire to develop in their career
- Strong planning, problem-solving and analytical skills
- Advanced MS Excel user
- Good team player with the ability to form strong business partnerships with key program leaders