Finance Analyst

Ignata Finance are exclusively working with an exciting and forward-thinking business based in Ruislip for the recruitment of a newly created Finance Analyst. This is a role where you will be given an opportunity to support the FD and really hone your skills.

There are several key areas of responsibility, finance business partnering, reporting, systems improvements and general support to other roles within the wider finance team. To be successful in this role you will be highly commercial. You will very quickly develop a strong understanding of the business in order to identify both new opportunities, and margin improvements. You will be an excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing. This role will be challenging, as your multiple priorities will change as they operate in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Experience working within operational finance in a manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Experience of analysing to help reduce manufacturing operational costs
• Gross Margin analysis and reporting by product while focusing on more general areas such as overtime reduction and machine downtime, labour efficiency etc
• The ability to work with operations and production teams to analyse and challenge cost drivers across the business.
• The ability to provide financial analysis to support cost-saving initiatives, investments, ROI, payback etc
• Foster a culture of cost awareness and commercial thinking across departments.
• Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems and getting into detail
• Sound grasp of basic financial operations, bills of material, standard costs, valuations of WIP etc
• Inquisitive nature, self-starter and able to articulate financial data and analysis simply to non-finance staff