Financial Analyst

Role Overview

As a Financial Analyst, you will be working as part of the Finance team, focusing on developing, analysing & creating tools/models/reports used by the business. You must have an analytical, numbers-driven mindset, strong communication skills & be able to adapt to fast paced, ever changing business environments.

What You Will Do

Update and maintain a key bi-yearly excel financial forecast report within the business – collecting data from stakeholders, validating and analysing inputs, and delivering summary insights. Produce ad-hoc reports and perform detailed analysis of store forecasts using Excel. Write and optimise database queries. Working with large data sets – analysing, interpreting & drawing conclusions to support business critical decisions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be collaborating with both financial and non-financial stakeholders across the global business. You must be able to hold your own in meetings and confident talking to senior stakeholders, manage and prioritise workload, and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders.

Requirements

• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with VBA and Power Query
• Strong financial skills, supported by relevant financial qualifications (e.g., AAT, ACCA, CIMA)
• Proficient in SQL, and experience working with relational databases
• Experience in working with accounting software (e.g. Dream)
• Able to hold your own in meetings and confident talking to senior stakeholders
• Able to manage and prioritise workload
• Strong problem-solving ability & a commercial mindset
• Able to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Proactive, independent, self-starter who is ready to jump in and get things done

Benefits

• Frasers Champion – peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month
• Retail Reconnect – spending one to two days in one of our stores or the warehouse to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline
• Fearless 1200 – recognition for living our values and delivering impact
• Frasers Fit – free gym classes and discounted memberships to our clubs
• Retail Trust – free access and support from the Retail Trust charity
• Employee Welfare – wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing

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