Finance Analyst

To support the Manager Group FP&A and the Group Commercial team in providing high quality financial analysis, reporting and management accounting services to aid managerial planning and commercial decision-making. The role performs a range of duties, including completion of month end processes and reporting, finance business partnering, assistance with budgeting and forecasting, financial planning & analytics, support with ad hoc financial reporting and projects as required.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare budget/forecast templates for completion by budget holders and consolidate results
• Assistance with consolidation of Group Budget, Forecasts and 10-year plans
• Develop and maintain financial and business performance reports to a high standard, insupport of business needs, with recommendations and insights as needed.
• Collaborating and building relationships with stakeholders across the business to support effective forecasting and, budgeting.
• Analyse complex financial data, uncovering valuable insights for financial reporting and assist decision making
• Prepare supporting analysis for budgets/forecasts, identifying key drivers, risks and opportunities
• Create powerful analytical tools in partnership with the business, seeking continuous improvement of reporting and forecasting processes/ tools Financial Modelling
• Support with designing, maintaining and transforming various financial models used by the Group Commercial Team
• Rolling the month end reporting models, setting them up for inputs and updates by the Team for monthly Board reporting
• Support with creating, maintaining and updating the budget, forecast, 10Y and other financial models as required Month End and Year End Reporting
• Complete month end and year end processes to ensure a robust result, including certain journals and reconciliations
• Prepare analysis of monthly results, suitable to provide insights to budget holders and Group management reporting
• Assist with creating, maintaining and rolling financial models for the Group
• Maintain and improve PowerBi dashboards
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as reasonably required

Key requirements:

• Chartered Accountant (CAANZ or equivalent professional body)
• 2-3 years with relevant post-qualification experience either in a medium to large commercial entity or CA firm
• A high level of skill with suite of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel to Power Query and VBA level, to create easy to use financial modelling and support existing business models.
• Good level of proficiency with PowerBI in analysing data and building reports and dashboards
• Experience with financial modelling tools and software
• Experience with JDE an advantage
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles and processes
• Forward- thinking mindset, with resilience and a proactive approach to change and improvement, influencing and managing change along the way
• Excellent communication skills, who can build strong relationships and engage with key stakeholders as well as influence improvement

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Courtney Story on 09-374 7300.