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** Please only apply for this role if you reside in the UK and have the relevant right to work. Sponsorship CANNOT be offered **
MERJE are delighted to be partnered with a Retail Bank in their search for a talented Financial Analyst (Strategic Analysis).
Location: Bradford, Chatham or Petersfield. Occasional travel to other offices may be required.
Your New Role:
As a Financial Analyst, you'll support the quarterly financial forecasts and the annual 5-year budget plan for the Bank. Provide financial data, analysis, and insight ensuring all budgets and plans are produced in a timely manner with the accuracy required for submission to executive committees and the Board of Directors.
As a Financial Analyst, you will:
* Support the financial forecast processes through the consolidation of all budget inputs.
* Deliver timely and accurate budget and forecast information.
* Liaise with SP&A product teams, Cost team, and Treasury to ensure budget inputs are on time, accurate, and at the correct level of granularity.
* Review forecast inputs and appropriately challenge assumptions.
* Support the production of the forecast paper and presentation to the Group Executive Committee and Group Board for review and approval by providing insight & analysis of the budget as required.
* Develop, test, and document the Budget process.
* Support the Financial Reporting Teams through management and statutory reporting processes, performing variance analysis of Actuals vs. Budget on a monthly basis and providing any requested analysis.
* Drive improvements into the financial planning processes and forecasting tools.
* Support the head of Investor Relations in preparing external market updates and competitor analysis.
What We're Looking For:
* Experience of financial reporting and planning systems; knowledge of Anaplan would be beneficial.
* Knowledge within the Financial Services or Banking sector would be beneficial.
* Ability to explain complex commercial and financial issues to others.
* Ability to present financial plans and complex data analysis in simplified forms to facilitate review, challenge, and enable senior management decision-making.
* Commercial awareness - Ability to form views and judgments about financial plans and challenge them constructively, proposing alternative recommendations.
* Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
* Advanced PC literacy in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
The interview process:
30-minute call with Talent Acquisition. Up to 1 hour Teams interview with the hiring team. Final interview.
Offers are subject to satisfactory background checks, including credit, fraud, and employment references.
Working Pattern: Hybrid - typically 1 day a week in the office. Flexible arrangements are considered to support work-life balance.
What We Offer:
Holidays: 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service).
Pension: We will contribute up to 10%.
Maternity/Paternity: We offer enhanced maternity (after successful completion of probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave.
Volunteering: 2 paid days to 'give back' to the charity of your choice.
Development: LinkedIn Learning for all.
Finance: Snoop Premium available to all colleagues.
Medical: Opportunity to opt in for Private Medical Insurance.
Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus.
Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship. Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days, your application has been unsuccessful. In applying for this role, you may be registered on our database to contact you about suitable opportunities in the future. Your data will be managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. If you would like this job advertisement in an alternative format, please contact MERJE directly.
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