Senior Finance Analyst - 12 Month FTC (London)
Role Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to provide functional and analytical support for the Cost team and wider Financial Analysis team.
Role Responsibilities:
This role will predominantly support the Financial Analysis team with a focus on P&L costs, Management Information and Technology Development Financials.
Key Responsibilities of the Financial Analysis Cost Team include:
- Cost reporting and analysis
- Quarterly forecasts
- Initiatives and project support
- Management Information for senior executives
- Board pack preparation
- Adhoc analysis to assist with management decisions
- BNY Group reporting
- Maintaining Anaplan to provide accurate P&L reporting to the wider business
Individual responsibilities and duties of the role include:
Focussed
- Prepare for month end & monthly cost review, variance analysis
- Month end transactions review
- Support the PMG financials process working closely with Technology to ensure accuracy of monthly actuals and forecast
- Assist with the cost tracking and reporting of the strategic initiatives for the wider business and BNY
- Proactively develop and work with the Corporate Product Team to maintain and improve Anaplan used for Technology Development financials and P&L reporting
- Support the Business Partners with any cost queries
- Assist in preparation for monthly management information for senior executives’
- Support internal stakeholders on ad hoc queries where required
- Monthly reconciliations between Ledger data and HR/Technology Development Financial data to ensure alignment
- Support in the annual audit for any cost related queries
- Prepping expenses report
- Pulling together market data steer co pack and attending meetings
- Support with onshore invoice tasks
General
- Collaborate as a team in the UK, US and Pune
- Assist cost team with additional adhoc tasks and monitoring of Cost and Invoicing mailbox
- Deal with frequent requests for additional analysis to be presented to senior stakeholders
Experience Required:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA)
- Strong academic background
- Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups etc)
- Previous experience using Anaplan or similar tools
- Proactive, enthusiastic and keen to learn
- Analytical and questioning mindset
- Self-motivated and organised
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Team player
- Good communication skills (oral and written)