Senior Financial Analyst and Strategic Planner | FM services | London | Up to £65,000

I’m proud to represent one of the leading services companies in London and the UK for the past 20 years.

They have recently acquired multiple other brands and expanded their portfolio of businesses across the UK.

The Finance and Strategy Associate/Analyst will spearhead comprehension, decision-making, and analysis spanning every facet of business and operations.

Amidst a phase of rapid growth and expansion, this role wields significant influence.

Responsibilities encompass ad hoc analysis, ownership of ongoing processes, and furnishing crucial support and analysis for private equity endeavours, alongside internal M&A operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting: owning the model and driving the process for the annual budgeting cycle, building the long-term forecast to support strategic planning driving understanding of the performance of the business vs budget for improvements.
• M&A and corporate development: This will include, as examples: supporting the CFO and management team through a private equity transaction, analysing, and driving acquisitions and integrations for non-organic growth.
• Analytics, Reporting and Instrumenting the Business: The development of dashboards and KPIs to help manage the business effectively, identifying key metrics and building confidence in data-driven decisions by managers.
• Commercial and Market Analysis: performing market sizing estimates, identifying key industry trends, understanding, and developing competitive strategies, understanding competitive positioning within given markets; analysing market share and competitive dynamics within given segments based on vague and/or incomplete data, building business cases to drive investments or strategic decisions.
• Operational analysis: Understanding the utilisation of our fleet, and thinking through how to optimize usage, understanding profitability across different geographies, products, or services, to better driver operational efficiencies and improvements.

The successful candidate.

• Highly numerate, naturally inquisitive and deeply analytical - a master of Excel.
• 1+ year of professional work experience, likely in a professional services firm (e.g.
  
  management consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, accounting firm).
• Familiarity with PowerBI or similar is a plus, but in-house training will also be provided.
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to grasp the bigger picture and develop higher-level strategic insights from detailed numerical analysis.
• Self-driven, with the ability to work in somewhat ambiguous and unstructured environments, with multiple competing priorities.

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