Finance Analyst

One Behalf of our client, we are looking for a Commercial Finance Analyst.

Responsibilities:
• Reporting on key performance measures for the business on a weekly and monthly basis investigating and explaining key variances
• Work closely with Operations and Marketing teams, supporting with insightful sales / margin / promotional analysis ensuring the
team understands the information
• Produce ad hoc financial analysis to understand impact of operational decisions highlighting where corrective action required
• Financial analysis for new product launches / trials
• Ensure cost and retail price file is accurately maintained
• Continually improve both the way information is presented and the interpretation of results and trends.
• Track all LPOs before commitments are made to suppliers highlighting unexpected spend to Commercial Finance Managers
• Assist Commercial Finance Managers on month end process - review GL entries v commitments made, highlight any variance to overheads
budget
• Review Stream & Store P&Ls and highlight any variances vs Budget and PY
• Support the Commercial Finance Managers in preparing monthly forecasts and annual budget
• Support Commercial Finance Managers in completing monthly statistics for Franchisor and calculate royalty payment