Senior Financial Analyst at Biffa Waste Services – England, United Kingdom

Job Description

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for accounting and management reporting for operational sites across the Midlands & North West of England. The role works closely with the operational management teams to drive the business performance and ensure robust financial controls are in place.

Your core responsibilities

• Oversee the development of robust financial plans including annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Ensure the regions are provided with an appropriate suite of reports, metrics and performance indicators and distribute information on a timely basis.
• Overall responsibility for delivery of monthly regional reporting including completion of management accounts within period end timelines and associated variance analysis, compiling reports for monthly review.
• Weekly flash reporting ownership and understanding to support regional general managers (RGM’s)
• Undertake operational benchmarking and variance analyses to understand financial performance and to identify areas of improvement. Conduct regular reviews with Operations to agree performance improvement plans. Develop the commercial awareness of the regional teams.
• Ensure the Group’s financial control policies are implemented and maintained at all times by the regions, including but not limited to regular reviews of site / physical controls, compliance with delegated authorities, balance sheet reviews, interfacing with internal audit to propose reviews of areas of perceived weakness or risk and ensuring agreed actions are implemented.
• Support business leaders in the development of investment appraisals through providing challenge, ensuring appropriate benchmarking has been conducted, realistic assumptions have been made, risks are understood and have where possible been mitigated.
• Visit operational sites providing financial reviews

Our essential requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified ACCA/CIMA
• Experience of working with and supporting operational colleagues
• Management accounting experience gained in the service, logistics or waste industries an advantage
• Strong system skills including advanced Excel, Power BI and preferably, Microsoft Dynamics
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, communication and problem solving skills