As an Assistant Financial Analyst, you will provide financial support, reporting and variance analysis for Architectural Coatings across Region North & East Europe. As well as providing understanding and insight into the key financial drivers to enable effective business understanding for non-finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing, analysing and challenging Profit & Loss reports.
• Balance Sheet reporting and analysis, including understanding of Operating Working Capital.
• Cash Flow analysis.
• Capital Expenditure Reporting – actual and forecast. Including disputing capital expenditure through understanding of payback, PV / NPV, IRR etc.
• Understanding and involvement in the budget process, including budget 2022 and Business Strategy Review 2021-2024.
• Consolidating the budget submissions and analysing proposals based upon historic actual performance.
• Additional ad-hoc projects and work as required.

Qualifications

• Awareness of P&L performance, balance sheet movements, Capital Expenditure monitoring and Cash Flow performance!
• PC literate with knowledge of numerical applications such as Excel (understanding of pivot tables/vlookup and sophisticated formulae is desirable) and presentation software such as PowerPoint!
• Good inter-personal skills.
• Diligent and strong ability to deal with priorities.
• Able to work without close supervision and use own initiative.
• Eagerness to learn.

ABOUT US:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees.  We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.