Finance Analyst - Paddington, London - 3 Months - £250/£300 - London

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Finance Analyst - Paddington, London - 3 Months - £250/£300 per day

The work location is in London, Paddington and is a 3 Month contract.

Pay rate is between £250 - £300 per day.

Key skills

* Retail finance experience / understanding of sales, margin and gross profit

* Commercial awareness and interest in Retail / consumer focused businesses

* Quick learner, enthusiastic and solution driven

* Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy

* Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

* Finance systems knowledge

* Ability to communicate well with senior management, business stakeholders and other finance teams

* Good commercial understanding of the business & market

* Budgeting and forecasting experience

* Maintenance of rigorous financial controls

* Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Key Accountabilities and Measures

Weekly & Quarterly Trading:

* Accountable for supporting, interpreting and analysing the weekly trading information across Clothing and Home to enable understanding of business performance

* Producing key reports and trading analysis for senior finance and commercial stakeholders as part of weekly trade

* Review reporting as produced by the finance shared service centre to ensure data integrity

* Owning the key central information including sales to gross profit tools and models

Planning & Forecasting:

* Accountable for supporting the quarterly planning and forecasting process of total sales to gross profit - owning the relevant models and consolidation of sales building blocks

* Responsible for identifying risks and opportunities in the plan

* Deliver forecast and budget outputs including packs for Directors and submissions to Group Finance

* Supporting the strategic 3 Year planning process for total Clothing and Home

* Deliver the 10 year network plan to support the strategic network plan

* Ensuring strong financial control across the trading, planning and forecasting processes

Insight, Analysis & Projects:

* Specific adhoc analysis for the Directors and business stakeholders to support decision making as required

* Review opportunities to streamline reporting and drive efficiencies across trading, planning and reporting processes

Stakeholder Management:

* Coordinating with BU analysts, Channels, Logistics and Group Finance to align Budget, forecast and reporting deliverables

* Close stakeholder relationship with selling channel teams (Retail & Online) to ensure consistency on financials and messaging

* Building relationships with key commercial stakeholders including availability, allocation & stock management teams - challenging whilst supporting / providing insight

* Link to Investor Relations to provide key facts, data and stories for quarterly / half yearly and full year results, managing the consolidation of key inputs from BU's, Channels, Promotions team etc as required

General

* Drive a no surprise culture

* Meet agreed performance objectives and ways of working; identify and progress areas for personal development

* Uphold the Finance Group Values

Key relationships and stakeholders

* Head of Finance

* Online and Retail Channels

* Business unit finance teams

* Group Finance team

* Investor Relations

If you are relevant or interested don't delay, contact me on 0161 924 1416