Commercial Finance Analyst
- Employer
- Michael Page Finance
- Location
- England, West Midlands, Coventry
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- Nov 18, 2019
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- Job Role
- Finance Business Partner
- Sector
- Transport & Rail
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Your role will include detailed engagement with non-finance stakeholders across the business, identifying areas of profit improvement and reviewing strategic business decisions based on the business units finance reports.
Therefore, it will be essential that you have the ability to provide financial insight and challenge stakeholders, adding value to key business decisions.
Client Details
A London Stock Exchange listed business operating in the Logistics sector. This arm of the business is around 100m turnover although they are part of a wider PLC which boasts a turnover of around 1.2m turnover
Description
The Commercial Analyst responsibility will include analysis and reporting, stakeholder management, forecasting and sales reporting from a Finance perspective. The role will involve strong elements of business partnering and commercial analysis. You will need to understand what is going on in multiple areas of the business unit, whilst developing models based on operational cost drivers to support to forecasting process.
Develop pricing models to support commercial deals and decision making.
Consistently track and forecast business unit performance and monitor risks on a rolling basis.
Have a strong knowledge of key cost drivers that underpin the performance of the business unit. You will need to ensure that the wider organisation understands these and how changers made will impact them.
Profile
The Client has expressed that you MUST be a qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).
Previous experience in working in a commercially focused finance role.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders.
Self-starter and capable of working independently where required.
Job Offer
Highly competitive salary - discussed at briefing stage.
Opportunity to work at a newly-built business unit with state of the art working facilities.
Support the new business unit and help direct the company during a time of growth.
Strong involvement in key business decisions with great exposure to the operational business function.
Company
Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years.
We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms.
Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 155 offices in 36 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career.
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