Role function

To provide first class analysis, partnering and business decision support to the directors, senior team and colleagues across the business. Drive improvements in profitability through the provision of clear and meaningful analysis of sales, costs and margins. Work closely with colleagues across the business to develop the answer to the “so what?” question arising from financial analysis.

Key responsibilities

• Sales reporting and analysis, by client, sector and activity.

• Profitability and margin analysis, with actionable insight.

• Prepare Key Performance Indicators that will drive profit improvement

• Run the pricing model to support sales team with bids and tenders.

• Provide strategic and investment decision support (business cases, ROI).

• Model and monitor workforce decisions (rightsizing the workforce based on forecast activity levels).

• Own the forecasting process, focusing on improving timeliness and accuracy

Skills and experience

• Excellent Excel skills, including Power Query

• Power BI expertise

• SQL experience

• Ideally a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

• Strong communicator

• Capable of not only analysing data and coming up with actionable insights, but of presenting those findings and working closely with colleagues across the business to turn those insights to improvements in sales, profit and/or cash.

• Likely to have worked in a business environment with high volumes of data coming from multiple systems and locations. Needs to be able to demonstrate capability as a self-starter, prepared to go and find answers.