Finance Analyst (Risk & Liquidity)

The role represents an excellent opportunity for a high calibre finance graduate (with industrial placement year/post grad experience) to join a high performing Financial Planning & Analysis team offering a route to full CIMA or ACCA qualification.

Relevant applicants will be degree educated (Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent) with a strong desire to work in data centric environment (financial services) focussing on Liquidity Analysis and Risk Management. Once onboarded the successful candidate will provide detailed support across risk, liquidity and forecasting activities. Typical duties will include (but not limited to) risk modelling and analysis, stress testing and financial reporting.

Responsibilities (once onboarded into the role):

• Support the Financial Analytics & Planning Manager in the delivery of monthly liquidity & risk Analysis & reporting.
• Liaise with treasury teams and risk managers to ensure the appropriateness of the representation of liquidity risks across the business.
• Contribute to risk management oversight: including monitoring, assisting with forecasting and stress testing.
• Assist with oversight of liquidity and funding stress testing framework, including annual review of parameters.
• Contribute to improving risk, stress-testing and liquidity tools and documentation.
• Provide headline weekly & monthly reporting with insightful commentary to the operating board and senior leaders (collate the monthly reporting pack, including generating sub-reports from a mix of system data and analysis / liaising with others for information)
• Develop non-financial reporting to improve Liquidity performance, including looking at overhead cost areas and suitable efficiency metrics.
• Provide accurate analysis that provides insight into trend and sensitivity analysis
• Support ALCO (Asset Liability Committee) in reporting & providing support to management in the implementation of the ALCO function.

Skills:

• Degree qualification in Accounting, Finance or Economics (2:1 or above)
• Experience (placement year or postgraduate) in a relevant financial analysis role, ideally covering financial risk reporting, liquidity management and / or stress testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills and awareness of finance modelling concepts.
• Excellent analytical skills, the ability to produce logical and meaningful analysis from mass-data sets.
• Competent MS Excel skills & experience using other financial data or reporting tools .
• Excellent organisational skills and multi-tasking abilities.
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative.

The successful candidate will join an exceptional brand offering excellent training & development opportunities. Competitive remuneration & benefits package. Blend of office & home working (agile).

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2 days per week required in Birmingham (Solihull) office. Please apply for full job & interview details.

** Please note that at this point the business is unable to provide UK visa sponsorship **