This role sits within a product-led consumer business where planning, reporting, and insight play a central role in how decisions are made.

Operating across multiple business lines, the organisation is focused on improving the quality of financial information available to management and strengthening the link between performance data and commercial outcomes.

As part of this, they are seeking a Finance Analyst to support reporting, forecasting, and analysis across the group.

The Role
Reporting into senior finance leadership, the Finance Analyst will support financial planning, performance analysis, and reporting across all areas of the business.

The role combines detailed analytical work with close collaboration across finance, commercial, and operational teams, helping ensure decision-makers have clear, reliable insight to work with.

Key Responsibilities

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  Prepare accurate monthly reporting across all parts of the group

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  Produce performance analysis and commentary, including detailed review of key variances

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  Support the development of budgeting and forecasting models covering profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, and production costs

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  Act as a finance business partner to management teams across commercial and operational functions

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  Analyse sales performance, gross margin, cost of goods, and operating costs, identifying risks and opportunities

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  Prepare reporting packs with clear commentary comparing actual results to budgets, forecasts, and prior periods

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  Develop and maintain internal dashboards to support commercial insight and decision-making

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  Support annual budget preparation and periodic forecasting cycles

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  Prepare monthly cash flow reporting and highlight variances against funding expectations

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  Contribute to finance systems and reporting improvement projects

Candidate Profile

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  Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with a strong finance background

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  Experience working in a fast-paced, product-led manufacturing or wholesale environment

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  Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data

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  Commercially minded, with an interest in how financial information supports decision-making

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  Confident working with stakeholders across finance, commercial, and operations teams

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  Strong Excel and financial modelling capability

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  Detail-focused, organised, and comfortable managing multiple priorities