The purpose of this role is as follows:

Providing proactive and meaningful financial analysis to optimise business performance, and present technical/complex financial information to non-technical senior stakeholders.

The key responsibilities would include:

• Preparing and maintaining budgets and quarterly reforecasts
• Maintain the 5 year plan budget model (which includes profit and loss, balance sheet, and cashflow)
• Maintain a risks and opportunities schedule
• Support the development of new ERP system, and reporting tools to ensure accurate reporting into the future
• Ensure that standard cogs (bills of materials) are updated accurately in the budget model, liaising with supply chain and the supply chain business partner
• Support the implement budgeting tools/systems to facilitate senior management forecasting
• Prepare detailed sales and gross margin analysis
• Development of KPIs to optimise business performance
• UK and International Sales team partnering
• Reporting and analysis
• Support ad-hoc scenario budgeting
• Support/mentor other team members
• Support the Financial controller in preparation of the month end pack

Skills/Experience

• CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent experience
• A strong track record of successfully delivering analytical insight that results in real business change and enhanced performance
• Advanced Excel skills essential, and have experience of working with ERP systems
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain information in a clear and understandable way to non-finance professionals
• Have a logical and methodical approach to their work
• Looks for practical solutions to problem solving
• Strong team player, with a willingness to assist and learn from colleagues
• Ability to adapt and work in a changing and flexible organisation
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends

Salary/Benefits

• 55,000 to 65,000 per annum (possibly higher dependent on experience)
• Hybrid working / 37.5 hours
• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Company pension, employer contributes 3% of your basic salary subject to you contributing 5%

Really nice company and team to work for, if you would like to find out more about this commercial finance analyst job easily commutable from Crewe/Northwich/Nantwich areas.