Sykes Cottages Hiring for Commercial Finance Analyst Job at Chester, England Full Time

Brand new opportunity for a Commercial Finance Analyst at our Chester HQ!

Salary competitive and dependent on experience

Sykes Cottages are now seeking our newest Commercial Finance Analyst to join our business-critical Finance department at our Chester head office.

Sykes Holiday Cottages is one of the UK’s largest independent holiday letting agency; a successful travel business with strong year-over-year growth and ambitious plans for 2021 and beyond. Offering more than 19,000 holiday homes across the UK, Ireland and New Zealand, we are immensely proud to say we took over 1 million customers on holiday last year alone and show no signs of slowing down on our next ambitious goals.

At Sykes Cottages, we are thrilled to be experiencing a surge in the UK staycation industry and are building out our business in time for what is set to be a successful year due to an ongoing boom in bookings for the coming year. We are now looking to add the best and brightest local talent as we set to have one of our most successful years to date – adding an analytically minded, dedicated Commercial Finance Analyst to our business critical Finance department at our Chester head office!

The purpose of the Commercial Finance Analyst is to:

• Support the delivery of all financial planning and analysis including business forecasts, annual budgets and medium-term plans with full cross functional business alignment.
• Support the Commercial Finance Manager on business partnering workstreams and initiatives.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis to support Commercial Finance and the wider business.

Our newest Commercial Finance Analyst will be joining our wider Commercial Finance team and will have the following key skills:

• Part qualified accountant or with a desire to study towards a professional accounting qualification
• Preferably hold a relevant degree in a numerical or commercial discipline
• Ability to learn quickly in a fast paced environment
• High attention to detail
• Excellent organisation skills, delivering to tight deadlines
• Excellent numeracy and problem-solving skills
• Excellent Excel & PowerPoint skills
• Experience of working in a finance function with exposure to Budgeting and Forecasting
• Experience of working with cross functional / non-finance teams
• Strong commercial awareness
• Ability to adapt to change

As our newest Commercial Finance Analyst you will be reporting into the Commercial Finance Manager and will be accountable for the following areas of responsibility:

• Support the timely and accurate preparation of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow schedules for the annual budget and plan, and the quarterly forecast cycle.
• Prepare relevant supplementary schedules and analysis for monthly reporting / board packs.
• Provide accurate and timely analysis that will support and challenge business decisions and financial planning inputs
• Playback financial data and analytics to a range of stakeholders in a clear and concise way.
• Support the improvement of the current budget and forecast process through automation and creation of bespoke tools, removing over reliance on Excel.
• Develop and maintain appropriate operational KPIs to ensure business-wide engagement of OKRs.
• Evaluate risks and opportunities through analysis, backed by data and credible assumptions, allowing for the maintenance of a risk and opportunity register.
• Support the production of daily, weekly, monthly and ad hoc management reporting where required, including operational KPIs.
• Support of consumer insurance programme/ annual renewal process, with ad-hoc analysis and ensuring ongoing compliance.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bike to work scheme
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• Yes