Job Description

The Finance Analyst will support the EMEA Issuer Services Head of Commercial Finance in delivering all aspects of financial support to various Issuer Services business units including:

• Supporting strategic financial planning and delivery of key business initiatives
• Providing financial insight into current and future business performance
• Providing commercial finance support to business decision making processes
• Supporting the delivery of annual financial plans
• Delivering timely and relevant management information

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for highlighting and explaining sensitivities, variances and risks through delivery of timely, accurate and granular reporting and commentary of global performance.
• Prepare a range of presentations for key finance review meetings with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure their data requirements are met and provide analysis, education and support as appropriate.
• Provide data and reports for a range of compliance, risk and audit requirements.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of processes and make recommendations for improvement.
• Support team members in new Global strategic initiatives in a proactive and flexible manner

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful candidate will be a partly or fully qualified accountant and have experience in providing financial support to business units. In addition to strong analytical skills and technical expertise, the successful candidate will have good interpersonal skills including the ability to interact with different levels of management and colleagues across the world. They will be self-motivated, have a proactive approach, work flexibly within changing environments and be commercially inquisitive. ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or working towards a qualification. High degree of numeracy and strong analytical skills, particularly with Excel and data manipulation. Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to interact at different levels of management. Commercially inquisitive. Good understanding of corporate business context with commercial and business acumen. Ability to priorities and work well under deadline pressure. Able to work in a collaborative team environment, including remote working on a global scale. Experience in providing financial analysis/business partnering support to business units. Knowledge of Epicor, Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Planning financial systems.