Finance Analyst

Our client, a leading Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing company are currently recruiting for a Finance Analyst for an initial 6 month contract based in London.

OVERALL ROLE PURPOSE

Oversees the financial activities of a business unit, operating group, or other area of assignment. Establishes and recommends economic strategies, objectives, and policies. Manages, prepares, administers, and implements the overall planning, budget, and forecasting process for the organization. Evaluates Return on Investment - ROI - and Earned Value - EV. Oversees the development of market, business opportunity, and product line analyses to meet business needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- TECHNOLOGY: Leverages financial software packages to develop and populate cost models, performs trend analyses, and conducts statistical computations.
- PEOPLE: Interacts with project and management personnel to capture and validate financial indicators. Makes appropriate recommendations to management in order to strengthen business controls, improve operations, and/or reduce costs.
- CUSTOMER: Compiles and presents variance analysis along with conclusions to management on a monthly basis. Provides on-going ad-hoc financial analysis and planning support to management in a wide-range of business areas. Prepares presentations to management that summarize analysis findings. Analyzes proposed plans and policies, as well as new programs, to determine costs and projected profitability.
- BUSINESS: Assesses business unit budgeting, cost analysis, expense allocation, and capital acquisition review. Oversees the preparation of financial and management reports that summarize and forecast activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on current and expected operations. Applies financial analytical techniques to analyze past and new business initiatives to ensure programs are sufficiently profitable. Schedules, organizes, and implements the annual budget process, including the preparation of more complex seminars, guidelines, and worksheets for departments.
- FINANCIAL: Oversees the maintenance of annual operating and capital budgets/forecasts, including updates of actuals, detailed modelling, and consolidation of new business opportunities. Updates quarterly models to include last quarter's actuals, new business, new departments, and new computations of operating results. Monitors division and department adherence to approved budget to ensure compliance.
- TYPICAL OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES: Financial Analyses, Financial Forecasts and Financial Models/Trends

SUITABLE CANDIDATES SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR CV AT THE FIRST INSTANCE.