AddressWe’re the UK's largest ports operator with a network of 21 ports around Britain. We handle around one quarter of the UK's seaborne trade and contribute £7.5 billion to our economy every year.
It’s a story we’re proud of but it doesn’t end there. We’re transforming our business and embracing the future.
We offer a vast range of roles spanning the UK, all rooted in a culture that welcomes diversity, fosters talent, encourages internal movement and progression, and places safety as our number one priority.
ABP is seeking a talented Finance Analyst to join our Humber Regional Finance Team based in Hull. As a Finance Analyst, you will play a key role in providing financial insights, analysis, and support to optimise business performance and drive strategic decision-making within the organisation.
This role supports business decisions through modelling, analysis and synthesis of key business data and trends through to the generation of options and recommendations.
Accountabilities
- Delivery of accurate and timely analysis to support business decision timescales
- Support the decision-making process
- Team participation & leading analysis
Business Value Priorities
- Ensuring clarity of business decision drivers
- Translating analysis into meaningful business insight
- Bringing in external insight and data from customers, industries and markets
- Development of business options and implications through to recommendations
- Engagement and stakeholder management with Regional Finance and business teams to ensure analysis is fit to drive effective decisions
- Generation of Business Cases for area supported
- To be ‘data inquisitive’ to generate new insights for the business and to translate analysis into business language
- To develop core analytical methods and tools for use across the business and to share best practice techniques across ABP
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Supporting business with preparation of forecasts and budget with key assumptions, drivers and trends.
Skills, experiences qualifications and competencies
Essential
- Passionate about the business. Continually seeks improvement
- Very high level of business curiosity and engagement
- To be ‘data inquisitive’ to generate new insights for the business and to translate analysis into business language
- To develop core analytical methods and tools for use across the business and to share best practice techniques across ABP
- Interested in spending time IN the business with business colleagues
- Part / newly qualified accountant with one of the accountant bodies (CIMA / ACCA / ICAEW)
- Highly numerate and analytical
- Good communicator
- Passion for learning and developing
This role offers the opportunity for one day per week remote working to promote flexibility and work-life balance.
We can offer you a competitive annual salary, equivalent to 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), support for ongoing CPD, contributory pension scheme, private healthcare and access to wellness schemes & employee assistance schemes and discounts with a wide range of high street and online retailers. We also have an extensive in-house academy and industry specialists who deliver ongoing learning support.
Additional Information:
When joining ABP you will find an environment that is both welcoming and challenging. We reward our employees well and offer a generous remuneration package, employer pension, private health insurance and a range of other benefits.
Please note that ABP undertake random screening for substance abuse and operate a zero-tolerance policy. A medical will be required before starting this position also.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their background, which helps us to provide a diverse and inclusive working environment.
