Welcome Break Hiring for Finance Reporting Analyst Job at Milton Keynes, England Full Time

Financial Reporting Analyst

12 month FTC (working on Hypersonix project)

Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, MK16 9EZ

Salary – up to £50,000 (pro rata, per annum. Depending on experience)

Full time role. Hybrid working model.

Are you looking for your next project or fixed term contract role in Finance and Financial Reporting? Are you looking to work for a leading UK company?

Life at Welcome Break is fast paced and energetic, we work alongside major UK Brands (Starbucks, KFC, Subway and many more) over a nationwide network of sites.

We’re looking for a Finance Reporting Analyst to join us and play a key role in delivering our Hypersonix project over the next 12 months.

What will your role look like?

As the Project Financial Reporting Analyst at Welcome Break, you will be part of the wider Finance department, sitting within the Financial Planning and Analysis team that are responsible for reporting, budgeting, and maintaining the finance systems within Welcome Break.

Your work will include;

• Identifying data and reporting requirements with end users
• Build a plan on how this can be achieved. This will include testing data and configuration of reports.
• Contribute towards project meetings and engage with system developers

Daily responsibilities will be:

• Work closely with the Welcome Break Hypersonix project manager to effectively prioritise your workstreams in order to deliver project tasks to the deadlines set
• Working with Hypersonix end users (finance and non-finance colleagues) to identify current data sources and reporting requirements
• Working with end users to understand key reporting metrics and then defining calculations for the project team
• Work closely with the Finance Systems and Information Manager and Project Manager to highlight risks and opportunities within the project plan
• Testing Hypersonix data against source data and existing finance system data
• Building new reports based on user requirements and delivering these to the end users
• Launching new reports into the live environment
• Training end users, to help them use and understand their reports
• To identify & implement improvements / enhancements to existing Hypersonix reports
• Support the Senior Reporting Manager with the decommission of legacy reporting systems (primarily Cognos)

About you

Ideally you will be:

• Part qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) is preferred but will consider candidates who are qualified by experience
• Experienced in working within project teams and delivering project successfully
• Experienced in the provision of management information and analysis
• Report building in financial systems (eg General Ledger systems, BI tools, Access Databases and Excel)
• Analytical background & sound commercial understanding
• Record of suggesting / implementing improvements to financial processes
• Experience of working in a similar role, preferably within a multi-site business environment (FMCG)

If the above hasn’t convinced you, can we twist your arm with this?

• 30 days Holiday (inc. BH) – entitlement increases with service
• Pension Scheme
• Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, BK, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)
• My Welcome Break discounts – savings at hundreds of retailers including Currys PC World, Nike, Ikea, Tesco, Asda, Argos, Booking.com etc
• Career progression and brilliant training programmes
• Cycle to work scheme – salary sacrifice scheme allows you to save money on bikes – including ebikes
• Free onsite parking at all Welcome Break sites
• Free lunch provided in office (sandwiches, pasta pots, rolls) as well as Tea and Coffee

About Welcome Break

Welcome Break is one of the UK’s leading motorway service operators, running 44 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK. Working for Welcome Break is not what it may seem to our everyday customer. When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniform, everyone works for Welcome Break.

For this role, you may also have experience in finance, financial planning, financial analysis, finance systems, finance management, accounting, qualified accountant, part qualified.

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