Commercial Finance Analyst
Location: Hybrid - 3 days in the office (Wilmslow), 2 days remote
Salary: Competitive
At Citation, we offer something unique for both our colleagues and clients - an opportunity to grow, thrive, and succeed like nowhere else. As we celebrate 30 years of excellence, our focus remains on growth, investment, and service quality.
We're one of the UK's biggest providers of Health & Safety, HR, Employment Law, and ISO services. But what really sets us apart is our people. At Citation, we bring our personalities to work, not just our expertise.
With year-on-year double-digit growth, this is your chance to join a fast-moving business that values vision, determination, agility, and a knack for building great relationships.
The role:
We are looking for a commercially astute, ambitious finance analyst who wants to step into a business that will challenge, enhance, refine, and build on their current skillset. This role will offer a fantastic opportunity to work across three different brands within the Citation Group and work with senior stakeholders across finance and non-finance functions.
As part of the team, you will be tasked with:
1. Building dashboards and preparing & automating commercial reporting that will inform through key commercial insights and KPIs.
2. Supporting in the preparation and maintenance of P&L rolling forecast models.
3. Analyzing P&L performance vs. forecast and prior years.
4. Analyzing live business performance metrics to help improve EBITDA alongside the Head of Commercial Finance.
5. Validating and distributing commercial and customer information within the business on a timely basis.
6. Handling large amounts of data; extracting and manipulating data to build and automate KPI reports.
7. Preparing and presenting information for key leadership meetings alongside the Head of Commercial Finance.
8. Involvement in year-end and half-year budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes.
9. Contributing to monthly rolling forecasts to identify opportunities or risks for the business.
10. Calculating commissions, bonuses, and other key cost lines.
11. Reviewing and explaining PL performance vs budget and prior year to understand key trends and areas for improvement.
12. Tracking and analyzing the links between business performance and key cost centres.
13. Business partnering with colleagues outside the finance function.
About you:
· Ambition to learn and develop finance skills
· Advanced Excel skills
· Experience of using Tableau, Power Query/Power BI would be an advantage
· A high level of accuracy and a strong eye for detail
· Ability to demonstrate objectivity whilst ensuring financial/data fact is the defining measure
· Proactive with a desire to make a difference
· Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment
· Strong communication skills, with an understanding of how to translate financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
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