Commercial Finance Analyst

Reports to: Head of Commercial Finance

Location: Grayling London (Holborn Gate) – Hybrid working

Purpose of Role:

Reporting directly to the Head of Commercial Finance, we have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Finance Analyst to support the Commercial Finance team in business partnering and FP&A activities, spanning all of our global markets. This role will be pivotal in providing key information and insights to senior stakeholders in each respective market to support them and the wider business in strategic decision making.

The role will be integral in supporting the budget & forecasting process across all markets throughout the year. Additionally, we’re looking for someone who can provide robust challenges back to senior stakeholders on their performance against target (budget, forecast, etc.) on a monthly basis to help devise a plan to stay on, or get back to, target.

The day to day

• Support the Commercial Finance team in:
  • The annual budget process for business units globally.
  • Regular updates of financial forecasts.
  • The formal quarterly forecasting process and combining forecasts across the business into a clear narrative of overall business performance.
  • Working alongside the Commercial team to conduct in-depth analysis of P&L performance, understanding revenue & cost drivers, and highlight risks or opportunities to plan.

• Produce and develop key reporting packs, including weekly new business wins, monthly flash results and monthly management dashboards for business unit leads.
• Interpret and communicate financial performance providing key insights on business KPI’s and trends to senior stakeholders.
• Develop new financial analysis and insights – promoting and driving greater use of analytics throughout the division.
• Support the Head of Commercial Finance in preparing Board presentations.
• Maintain information in FP&A systems by working with the wider Finance Team to ensure accurate data is captured.
• Assist in implementation of BI reporting tools including requirements gathering, tool selection and report design. Assist in data management and consistency.

What will give you the edge

• Ability to manipulate large volumes of data, adding value by identifying and communicating key trends & insights.
• Highly analytical and detail orientated, possessing strong commercial acumen and business sense.
• Highly numerate with experience of statistics data analysis.
• Driven, problem solver with a desire to learn new skills & systems to further career progression and develop the role.
• Confident whilst presenting to financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Excel modelling and Power Point deck creation.

Qualifications:

• Part-qualified working towards ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualification.
• Advanced Excel skills (knowledge of advance formulae to drive efficiencies in data manipulation & presentation)

Our promises to you

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working (where you can work two days a week from home)
• 25 days’ holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days.
• Duvet morning on your birthday 
• Gifted time off over Christmas 
• Flexible benefits platform where you are in complete control of what you receive. It could be anything from dental to gym membership, wellbeing initiatives, training, discount deals or simply a contribution to everyday bills and subscriptions (think Netflix, Amazon, Spotify etc!)
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Work from anywhere for up to a period of two weeks per year.
• Free breakfasts & weekly drinks in the office
• Regular team socials and early finish Fridays. 
• New business and employee referral bonuses.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
• Life insurance

Get to know us

Grayling is the UK’s best-connected communications agency. With nine offices across the UK and 70 offices around the world, we create advantage for our clients through insight-led campaigns that deliver tangible results. We are proudly part of Accordience, an international public relations, public affairs, financial and corporate communications group – made up of Grayling, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), Red and Cirkle.  Together, we have c.1,000 employees and operations in 30 countries. 

We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees’ unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with.  We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status. 

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will be very happy to provide any reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process. For any advice or assistance please contact [email protected]