Job Description:

Our client, a global investment manager, is looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst based in Edinburgh or Stirling to support the delivery of key management reporting and planning processes in relation to the expense base. The role works closely with the finance business partnering community to review, challenge and report on functional and segment expense plans and performance. The role will also support transformation efforts to embed and integrate new tools and ways of working as we look to simplify our processes.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant.
• Experienced planning and reporting of business performance with strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Experience using, maintaining, and improving consolidated finance systems to support key processes.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience in working across multi-disciplinary.
• Proven track record of combining advanced financial analysis with qualitative investigation to generate insights.
• Adept at compiling robust financial projections aligned with other relevant management processes.
• Comfortable in identifying issues and trends when analysing financial data.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience in Oracle EPM, Hyperion Smart View, and Microsoft Power BI reporting.
• Financial Services experience.
• Experience working in virtual teams.

Core Responsibilities:

• Deliver group level management expense reporting and forecasting.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including finance business partners to support commercial decision making and the co-ordination of key processes.
• Oversee the end-to-end completion of all key processes related to Oracle Enterprise Performance Management including the input of assumptions and data sources.
• Deliver high quality management information, performance reporting and analysis by preparing, developing, and analysing key financial information.
• Remain up to date with key performance and financial matters and develop an understanding of the KPIs and cost drivers that impact business performance.
• Work with BAU and transformation teams to identify and deliver on potential areas of improvement in our tools and processes. Take ownership to see issues through to conclusion.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 14730

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

At Core-Asset, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure. We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes.

By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we're advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you're agreeing to be bound by this policy.

Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users. For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website http://www.core-asset.co.uk/about-core-asset/privacy-statement

Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.

INDPERM