Financial Analyst

Title: Financial Analyst / Management Accountant

Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme (On-site)

Salary: Up to £45,000 DOE

Industry: Building Materials / Construction

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The Opportunity

I'm currently working with a leading supplier of specialist building materials to the building and construction sector, who are looking to appoint a Financial Analyst / Management Accountant to join their finance team in Newcastle-Under-Lyme.

This is a genuinely varied, dual-purpose role combining traditional management and financial accounting with financial analysis, data manipulation and reporting across multiple business units.

You'll play an important role in producing management accounts, analysing margins and variances, supporting budgeting and forecasting, while also using advanced Excel and Power BI to turn financial, sales, purchasing, stock and operational data into meaningful insight.

The role would suit someone who enjoys working across both the accounting and analytical sides of finance and wants the opportunity to work closely with operational teams, identify trends and opportunities, and contribute to continuous improvement across the business.

If you're a part-qualified CIMA/ACCA professional with strong Excel and Power BI skills and are looking for a varied role where your analysis can directly support business decisions, this could be an excellent next step.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare management accounts, commentary, KPIs and variance analysis for board review.
• Produce fabrication and branch reporting.
• Develop and deliver margin reporting and analysis.
• Assist with the annual budgeting and reforecasting process.
• Support the year-end audit.
• Produce and analyse financial, sales, purchasing, stock and operational data.
• Identify trends, patterns, risks and opportunities within large datasets.
• Build and maintain Excel and Power BI reports, charts and dashboards covering sales, margins and operational performance.
• Provide analytical support to operational teams when investigating stocktake, purchasing and cost variances.
• Liaise with operational teams, suppliers and customers to verify information and resolve queries.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting processes and efficiency.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Produce ad-hoc reports and provide analysis and interpretation of data as required.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience within a financial analysis, management accounting or similar finance role.
• Strong bookkeeping and accounting skills.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query, Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP.
• Experience using Power BI for dashboard design and reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a logical approach to data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload effectively.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage your own time.
• Professional attitude and strong attention to detail.

Desirable Skills

• Part-qualified CIMA or ACCA.
• Experience using Sage 200.
• Previous experience working with large financial, sales, purchasing, stock or operational datasets.
• SQL experience.
• Experience identifying opportunities to improve data quality, reporting and business processes.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.

Package and Benefits

• Salary up to £45,000 depending on experience.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
• On-site working in Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
• Opportunity to join the finance department of an established specialist building materials group.
• Varied role combining management accounting, financial analysis and business intelligence. xwzovoh
• Opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement and reporting across multiple business units.