Finance Analyst

At OS, our vision is: To be recognised as world-leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact. We use our valuable data and know-how to help drive the future success of Britain and other nations. We facilitate important decisions that enhance the quality of life for current and future generations.

Join us and you will have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they couldn't have done it without us. And to be central to OS's vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our excellent Finance team as a Financial Analyst as part of the wider Corporate Services community. In this role you will be maintaining financial processes, systems and controls as well as analysing and reporting on financial performance. This role is key to ensuring we promote effective financial management across OS.

As Financial Analyst you will also support the development and maintenance of controls and procedures and process accounting entries to ensure compliance with legislation and statutory audit requirements. You will also find yourself supporting development and maintenance of systems and processes to ensure effective planning, monitoring, and reporting of financial performance and position, so it's important you are analytical with attention to detail.

Your specific role will involve data analysis and reporting for our investment portfolio, totalling ~ £40m p/a. You will be liaising with project managers to understand the spend in month & report actuals. You will also be managing our fixed asset portfolio, including additions, disposals and depreciation.

A key part of this role will be providing advice and educating stakeholders across the organisation to ensure compliance with financial policies and to promote understanding of financial information. You will be working closely with our Finance Business Partners to report accurate financial information for our business units and expert functions. You will also be supporting monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting and analysis of financial performance and position whilst supporting planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.

What we are looking for

• Advanced Excel skills

• Qualified or working towards qualification of ACA, ACCA or CIMA beneficial but also will consider qualified by experience

• D365 experience desired but not essential

• Expertise in reporting solutions for example Power BI desirable

• Ability to effectively plan & prioritise work, meeting deadlines in fast paced environment

• Strong analytical skills, questions data & looks for root cause

We'll give you

• Salary - £34,476 - £40,560

• Performance related bonus

• A competitive pension scheme

• Flexible working options

• 25 days annual leave - (rising by 1 day each year to 30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas

• Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to spend 5 days a month with the remaining time being a personal choice as to whether you work from home, one of our regional offices or spend more time at OSHQ.

Ordnance Survey is also able to consider offering fully remote contracts in the appropriate circumstances.

Closing date: Sunday 4th February

OS are accredited as a CIMA Development Quality Partner, demonstrating our commitment to ensuring our finance teams continue to grow and develop here at Ordnance Survey.

Security

OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some of our roles require additional security clearance, including to SC or DV level in some cases. We will tell candidates at the appropriate time during the recruitment process if additional clearance will be required for this role.

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together - in a supportive and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We think combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way. We are looking for dedicated and experienced individuals from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.

We're individually passionate and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.

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