Finance Analyst - London, United Kingdom - Trace Recruit Ltd

Trace Recruit Ltd
Trace Recruit Ltd
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1 month ago

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Description

  • Based in London Bridge
  • Hybrid working
  • Up to £5,000 + Study Support
Finance Analyst, Retail, London Bridge, Up to £35,000 + Study Support
We are working with a well-known and loved retailer who are looking for a commercially minded junior to join their team
This role will partner directly with the Marketing team to help them understand Finance and provide strategic insights.
This would be a great next step for a junior accountant looking to jump into a more commercial, business facing role

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for producing monthly management accounts for Marketing including journal posting, balance sheet reconciliation and variance analysis
  • Build relationships across the Marketing team to ensure they get the right financial analysis they need to make the right decisions
  • Produce biweekly analysis that clearly shows the return on investment from marketing spend (new customers recruited, sales and margin on first order, expected customer lifetime value and payback period)
  • Produce the quarterly Marketing cost forecast and annual budget, explaining clearly variances from previous plan
  • Production of monthly Rest of World profitability pack
  • Ad hoc analysis as required such as assessment of success of promotions
What we are looking for

  • Experience of monthend management within a complex businessfacing area
  • Ability to assimilate and summarise complex commercial information and communicate this in an articulate and concise manner
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong organisational and timemanagement skills
  • Highly numerate
  • Experience of general ledger accounting systems
  • Ability to learn different operational and data retrieval systems
  • Strong skills in working with and manipulating complex data, using Excel and other appropriate programs (Access and SQL experience desirable).
  • Strong academic achiever, borne out by successful results
  • This role would suit a partqualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA)
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