Commercial Finance Analyst

Valeo Foods

Leeds, United Kingdom Full-time 3 days ago
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Location
Leeds, United Kingdom
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Job Description

We're looking for a Performance and Reporting Analyst to pay a key role within the FP&A & Transformation team, working with the Leeds based Finance Business Partner to support cross-functional teams. The role provides accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting and analysis to inform decision-making and drive business performance and profitability.

* Produce clear, robust and insightful reporting that provides a detailed understanding of business performance. * Build relationships between Finance and other departments to manage key workflows effectively, meet deadlines and identify opportunities to improve processes and decision-making. * Represent Finance in reporting, analysis and review processes, which may include: balance sheet reconciliations, commercial sales data reconciliation, process improvement and data integrity checks, and month-end close. * Complete month-end activities within your area of responsibility to agreed deadlines, providing commentary to explain performance and variances. * Take ownership of completing accurate balance sheet reconciliations in line with financial controls. * Provide other finance-related support and undertake project work as required.

Qualifications

* A positive, can-do and flexible approach, with the ability to respond constructively to change. * Logical thinking and the ability to connect financial reporting and analysis with underlying business processes and changes. * Ability to work efficiently under pressure, maintaining accuracy and meeting strict financial deadlines. * Part-qualified in ACCA, CIMA or AAT, or educated to degree level in finance or accounting, with the intention to continue studying. * Strong IT skills, particularly Excel. * Experience with Power BI, Power Query and data modelling is desirable. * Experience with accounting software is desirable. * Experience in an FMCG environment is desirable. * Full driving licence required for occasional travel to sites.

Additional Information

At Valeo Foods UK, you'll join a business with some of the nation's favourite brands and be part of a team that is investing heavily in systems, processes and capabilities for the future. This role offers the opportunity to influence how data is managed across the organisation, work on a significant transformation programme and help create the foundations for long-term business success.

If you're passionate about data quality, governance and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

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