Matter Talent | Job Vacancy Financial Analyst in Bournemouth

Financial Analyst

Permanent

Bournemouth

Immediate

Posted 01 Oct 2019

Your Consultant: Ray Lewin

Job Specifications

Job Reference: 2054

Job Type: Contract

Sectors: Financial Services

Contract Length: 0 Day(s)

Rate: Contract - Competitive Day Rate

About the Company

Our client is an established and award-winning independent insurance broker and is continually extending its operations. They now require a financial analyst for a period up to 6 months with a possible view to a permanent appointment; initially you are required to assess the insurance and non-insurance product lines to see which are the most profitable and where the Company should focus its efforts. You will report to the CFO and work alongside all departments to ensure accurate and complete data. The Company is expanding into international markets with which they will need assistance. The Company uses the Xero accounting system which is also used by the broker and the affiliated repair (appliances) company.

Role Details

Finance Operations lead. This includes reviewing and validating the periodic sales and associated costs.

Review the preparation and posting of month end journals and monthly income and costs reconciliations.

Reviewing and assessing new products and customer journeys to understand whether they impact calculations and reporting.

First point of contact for both Internal and External Audit.

Data Analysis each month to ensure the completeness and accuracy of data being used to calculate the Financial adjustments.

Stakeholder engagement

Work with internal employees as a point of contact and subject matter expert for accounting requirements.

Handle complex information requests.

Encourage and drive a continuous process improvement culture to create further efficiencies within the Company in order to meet challenging objectives.

Recommend ideas and help implement improvements to processes cross functionally and/or within own role area.

Provide support and input for Products and their impact on the Sales Margin.

Skills Required

The ideal candidate will possess strong financial and analytical capabilities with good commercial instincts - enjoy analysing business performance and will specifically can convey complex information clearly and concisely to senior management. An ability to demonstrate process improvement or change would be desirable

Part/Newly qualified (e.g. CIMA or equivalent) ideally with relevant business experience

Customer service orientated

Team player with positive attitude

Detail conscious

Completer/finisher

Experience in driving change and process re-engineering

Experience in dealing with multiple demands from various areas of the business and various levels of seniority

Ability to challenge the status-quo in a mature and sophisticated manner

Appreciation of End to End processes implication

(rather than just a functional view)