Financial Analyst

Workdry International is the UK’s leading provider of water pumps and industrial wastewater treatment products and services. The company operates under three complementary trading businesses and is the holding company for Selwood Ltd, Siltbuster Ltd and Vanderkamp. 

With a pedigree spanning seven decades, Selwood is an innovative business with a cutting-edge approach to customer service, product development, manufacture, and quality. We are world leaders in pump manufacturing and the leading pump rental solutions company in the UK. Siltbuster Ltd. is the UK’s leading responsive wastewater company, serving an extensive range of clients across the UK and overseas.

The Group has grown enormously over the last few years, and we need to ensure our staff have the right skills, knowledge & experience to deliver to our customers, as well as creating career paths to help develop, retain, and motivate them.

Due to business growth, we have an exciting new opportunity for a Financial Analyst to join our team to support the Group to deliver high quality financial reporting and insights to the Senior Management Team and the Board.

As a Financial Analyst, you’ll get to:

• Provide key weekly and monthly reporting, including weekly revenue, monthly forecast and actual reports and KPI reporting to the Senior Management Team.
• Support with the maintenance and consolidation of the monthly forecast and actual results using the main financial consolidation model and evolve it as and when necessary.
• Support with the maintenance and consolidation of the annual plan and associated reports, whilst generating new reports as required on request.
• Assist with the preparation of the monthly results, identifying trends and highlighting significant variances against the Business Unit/Group plans and prior forecasts.
• Assist in developing and reporting on current and new KPIs on a monthly and quarterly basis and investigate any significant variances to report back to management on.
• Assist with new business cases using best practice to ensure their viability against financial measures, including Return on Assets, ROCE, IRR, Cashflow, Interest Cover and Leverage, making comments and recommendations on the findings.
• In line with monthly reporting schedules, take accountability for reviewing results against plan in terms of performance and capital expenditure to ensure these are favourable. If findings are adverse then liaise with the associated budget owners to review, seek explanations and reasoning to feed back.

Qualifications & Experience

• Ideally 3-5 years’ experience in a Management Accountant, Finance Analyst or FP&A position
• Part qualified AAT/CIMA/ACCA/ACA or qualified by experience.
• Aptitude for studying if not qualified/part qualified as there are opportunities for growth and progression within the team and group.
• Computer literate. Able to analyse and manipulate data on Excel, using some advanced features.
• Previous experience of Dynamics, Navision or Power BI would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to undertake a range of financial and business modelling tasks.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Experience in using initiative to resolve issues and queries, as and when they arrive and be confident and curious to find your own answers as needed.
• Attention to detail is critical to success in this role.
• Ability to produce accurate reports to specific deadlines.
• Ability to act proactively / be forward thinking whilst maintaining a methodical, attention to detail approach.
• Flexibility to support the business to get the job done understanding the requirements of all stakeholders.

We understand balancing work and life commitments isn’t always easy, that’s why we’ve designed our benefits package to support you in all areas of life.

• Competitive salary
• Eligible for company bonus scheme (annual and quarterly payments)
• Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships)
• Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary
• 24 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service
• 3x your annual salary life insurance (DIS)
• Support for development and training
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health first aiders
• Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more)
• Employee referral scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Hybrid working (i.e., working from home and in the office) pattern.

This role is not open to Agencies - Please no calls or emails - Thank you.

EDI Statement

Workdry International Ltd is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We value transparency, respecting others and understanding differences. We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

As part of your recruitment journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments.