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Compass Group Hiring for Finance Analyst Job at Birmingham, England Full Time

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Compass Group Plc (Compass) is a £22.9 billion turnover, global organisation and the world’s leading provider of food and support services. With operations across seven key business areas (Foodservice; Support Services; Business & Industry; Healthcare & Seniors; Education; Sports & Leisure; and Defence, Offshore & Remote), Compass serves customers in offices and factories; schools and universities; hospitals and senior living communities; major sports and cultural venues; and remote mining camps and offshore platforms.

This role will be part of the Central Financial Planning & Analysis team which supports our business sectors with concise, high impact, proactive reporting, forecasting and analysis. It involves measuring & analysing the performance of the sector to budget and forecasts; developing and managing models; and providing a clear understanding of the key drivers and trends within your business area. You will be the key liaison between the business finance team and UK FP&A, providing challenge as necessary and ensuring risks and opportunities are clearly understood.

We are seeking an ambitious and motivated individual who is keen to meet the challenges of contributing to a dynamic environment. Working directly for the Head of FP&A but with significant stakeholder management with the relevant Sector FD and MD, the successful candidate will possess interpersonal and communication skills along with good problem-solving ability.

Main Responsibilities

PURPOSE: Independent Finance Support

  • Act as a financial leader within the sector team through insight and challenge
  • Analyse, interpret and translate financial information for the sector leadership, central function directors and UK financial leadership team to support business decision making
  • Drive visibility of current trends with a focus on the forward-looking implications and understand the financial risks and opportunities arising
  • Assist the Head of FP&A to develop and improve monthly reporting processes
  • Ensure balance sheet integrity for the sector and drive working capital improvements
PERFORMANCE

  • Design and maintain appropriate standard monthly reporting
  • Support the translation of business activity into financial impact, including key assumptions, estimates and sensitivities. Addressing queries on reported numbers as requested by both operational and finance teams
  • Approval of journals for business area, ensuring validity of accounting entries and compliance to contract and Group Accounting Manual, escalating any concerns to senior stakeholders
  • Take active role in monthly business reviews, balance sheet reviews and working capital reviews and consolidating and escalating key risks/ opportunities to senior stakeholders
  • Support with the budgeting and forecasting process, including co-ordination of sector timetable in line with UK timetable, understanding variances and preparing analysis for senior stakeholders
  • Perform sensitivity analysis upon key planning drivers
  • Actual v CAF reporting and analysis understanding key reasons behind trading variances to model and impact on forecasts
  • Monitoring initiative delivery plan, challenging operational teams where there is a risk to achievement and highlighting to senior stakeholders
  • Adherence to internal and external review & filing deadlines
  • Operation of robust and rigorous controls over financial reporting processes to meet internal and external standards
  • Utilise data management, analytics and reporting tools to continually optimise processes both within finance and the wider business
PEOPLE: Relationship Management

  • Support the development of junior team members and facilitate in training courses for new team members

Ideal Candidate

Essential:

  • Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with varied experience in accounting roles
  • Experience of business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels
  • Strong analytical skills

Desirable:

  • Experience of operating within a multi-site, multi-contract organization
  • Good working knowledge of SAP & Cognos

Job Overview