Senior Financial Analyst

A quick look at the role

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for accounting and management reporting for operational sites across the South West & South Wales. The role works closely with the operational management teams to ensure robust financial controls are in place and adhered to.

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Your core responsibilities

• Oversee the development of robust regional financial plans including monthly/quarterly re-forecasts, annual budgets and feed into divisional 5-year strategic plans.
• Undertake operational benchmarking and variance analyses to understand financial performance and to identify areas of improvement. Conduct regular reviews with Operations to agree performance improvement plans. Develop the commercial awareness of the regional teams by delivering training and providing commercial support.
• Ensure the region is provided with an appropriate suite of reports, metrics and performance indicators by interfacing with Group and Divisional MI teams to develop and distribute reports on a timely basis.
• Support business leaders in the development of investment appraisals through providing challenge, ensuring appropriate benchmarking has been conducted, realistic assumptions have been made, risks are understood and have where possible been mitigated.
• Overall responsibility for delivery of monthly regional reporting including completion of management accounts with associated variance analysis, compiling reports for monthly review by Head of Finance for Collections.
• Ensure the Group's financial control policies are implemented and maintained at all times by the area, including but not limited to regular reviews of site / physical controls, compliance with delegated authorities, balance sheet reviews, interfacing with internal audit to propose reviews of areas of perceived weakness or risk and ensuring agreed actions are implemented.

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Our essential requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified ACCA/CIMA
• Experience of working with and supporting operational colleagues
• Strong system skills including advanced Excel and some Power BI
• Management accounting experience gained in the service, logistics or waste industries an advantage

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