Senior Finance Assistant

Senior Finance Assistant

Up to £32,000 per annum dependent on experience

Benefits include: Free food & beverage in the workplace and free parking.

Monday to Friday, 9am - 5:30pm (flexibility required for business needs.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Assistant to join our team in our Restaurant Associates sector at Compass Group UK & Ireland.

As a Senior Finance Assistant in Compass, you will work within a financially focussed team in understanding key drivers of the business and to support in driving improved business performance. Through effective business partnering, the role will continually improve service levels, cost effectiveness and add value to any commercial activities undertaken.

You will attend site and client meetings, deliver proactive ad-hoc financial analysis to support business unit decision making, understand financial risks and opportunities and understand and highlight the financial risks and opportunities arising from balance sheet maintenance.

As Senior Finance Assistant you will :

• Help prepare key business reporting such as month end reports, business reviews, client reports, budgets, cash analysis and other ad-hoc analysis to be discussed at monthly review.
• Assist in training of operational teams in the use of business reporting to understand and improve their financial performance
• Monthly balance sheet review for area of responsibility, escalating key risks/ opportunities to senior stakeholders
• Work effectively as part of a team building relationships with key stakeholders
• Support operational teams with understanding actions required on mobilisation and ensure that these are executed in line with timetable
• Support with the budgeting and forecasting process by consolidating the budget, understanding variances and preparing the budget presentation for senior stakeholders
• Support with completion of documentation for client tenders, negotiations and capital expenditure appraisals

to Be successful in the position of Senior Finance Assistant you will meet the following criteria:

Essential

• Be actively studying Accountant in CIMA/ACCA/ACA or the like with good experience in accounting roles
• Experienced in management accounting inclusive of accounting adjustments, producing reports/analysis to support commercial decision making
• Be analytical and with a high level of attention to detail
• Have experience of business partnering non-finance professionals to support the delivery of sound financial information

Desirable:

• Have the ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Possess Excel Macros and VBA experience
• Be familiar with SAP and Cognos as analysis and reporting tools