Commercial Finance Analyst
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Wakefield
£30000 -£35000 (depending on experience)
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<div id="ctl00ctl00ContentContainermainContentjobDetails" class="vac-details_description"><span id="ctl00ctl00ContentContainermainContentfcVacancyDetailsDescriptionscriptChecker" class="red" style="display:none;" role="alert"></span><ul id="ctl00ctl00ContentContainermainContentfcVacancyDetailsDescriptionITSFields" class="o-media not-list"><li id="liHTMLb5abb134cea54a3888806fd55a9ef73a" class="title"><div><div class="fullwidth"><h2>About The Role</h2></div></div></li><li id="liVacVDescription" class="item is-read-only is-fullwidth"><div><div class="fullwidth"><div id="ctl00ctl00ContentContainermainContentfcVacancyDetailsDescriptionVacVDescription" data-hiddenfield="ctl00ctl00ContentContainermainContentfcVacancyDetailsDescriptionctl00ctl00ContentContainermainContentfcVacancyDetailsDescriptionVacVDescriptionHiddenField"><!-- 2023.1.117.45 --><div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt">About The Role</span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt"><span style="margin-left: 0">Join our Finance team as a Commercial Finance Analyst supporting IT, the Transformation Office (TO) and project teams. This exciting opportunity combines hands-on management accounting with business </span><span style="margin-left: 0">partnering</span><span style="margin-left: 0">.&nbsp; </span><span style="margin-left: 0">Yo</span><span style="margin-left: 0">u'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> build reliable budgets and forecasts, explain financial performance, and track project costs and benefits. </span><span style="margin-left: 0">You'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> turn financial information into clear insights that help the business manage costs and make informed investment decisions.</span></span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt">Please note, this is a hybrid role with 2 days per week in our Wakefield office</span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt"><span style="margin-left: 0">What </span><span style="margin-left: 0">you’ll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> do</span></span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt"><span style="margin-left: 0">You'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> support the production of </span><span style="margin-left: 0">accurate</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> monthly management accounts for IT and the Transformation Office (TO). 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Working with the Finance Business Partner, budget </span><span style="margin-left: 0">holders</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> and Project Managers, </span><span style="margin-left: 0">you'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> support monthly cost centre and project reviews. </span><span style="margin-left: 0">You'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> analyse spend and explain variances, highlighting risks, </span><span style="margin-left: 0">opportunities</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> and future commitments.</span></span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt"><span style="margin-left: 0">You'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> support budgeting and forecasting for </span><span style="margin-left: 0">operating</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> and capital expenditure, with clear reporting on project costs and financial benefits. </span><span style="margin-left: 0">You'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> use financial analysis to support business cases and investment decisions. Working with the Finance Business Partner, </span><span style="margin-left: 0">you'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> also support </span><span style="margin-left: 0">appropriate accounting</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> treatment for project expenditure. Alongside this work, </span><span style="margin-left: 0">you'll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> improve reporting tools and processes so that information is </span><span style="margin-left: 0">accurate</span><span style="margin-left: 0">, </span><span style="margin-left: 0">timely</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> and easy for finance and non-finance colleagues to use.</span></span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 11pt"><span style="margin-left: 0">What </span><span style="margin-left: 0">you’ll</span><span style="margin-left: 0"> bring</span></span>&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><ul style="margin-left: 0"><li style="margin-left: 24px; font-size: 11pt"><p style="margin-left: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="margin-left: 0; 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