Junior Finance Analyst

Alexander Daniels are proud to be recruiting for a Junior Finance Analyst on behalf of a large manufacturing operation based in Telford on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting into the Finance Director, you will be expected to have a good understanding of the business and the various sectors that their products are sold into in order to analyse trends, put forward new, and challenge existing strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Compose a set of monthly reports from the trial balance
• Sales and margin analysis based on the order intake
• Variance analysis with commentary for the cost centre holder
• Stock analysis and provide month end stock reports including stock adjustment analysis
• Provide support and cover for the Finance Manager and Assistant Accountant as needed
• Support with external audits
• Provide adhoc analysis and reporting to assist colleagues with understanding financial information
• Continuous data cleansing
• Support forecasting and variance analysis to budgets throughout the business
• Identify and investigate areas to improve company profitability

This role would suit a candidate who is experienced in the manufacturing industry, able to interpret and manipulate data. You must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as being a confident user of Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPs as a minimum). Power BI and/or SAP experience would also be an advantage but by no means essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business with a truly flexible, collaborative and inspiring culture offering great training and learning resources and commitment to your personal development. They also offer a generous family leave package as well as other excellent benefits including;

• 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays which increases with length of service
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Pay and Grandparents Leave
• Life Insurance x 4 annual salary
• Defined Contributions Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program – financial, physical & wellbeing support
• Employee discount shopping platform
• Long term career progression