Finance Analyst | Dartford, Hybrid | Paying £43k - £47k DOE

A fast-growing, highly respected organisation is seeking a commercially minded Finance Analyst to join its finance team. This role offers the opportunity to operate in a true finance business partnering capacity, working closely with operational and procurement stakeholders to deliver insight, challenge and improved decision-making.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a finance business partner to internal teams, providing insight and constructive challenge
• Ownership of dashboards, delivering monthly variance analysis with clear commentary and actions
• Developing and improving reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and business relevance
• Supporting weekly and monthly financial reporting, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Managing cost forecasts, including 3-month and full-year projections
• Playing a key role in budgets, reforecasts and year-end activities
• Supporting pricing and cost increase recommendations with robust assumptions
• Contributing to cross-functional reporting and finance improvement projects
• Supporting the development of reporting tools, including Power BI
• Ensuring strong financial controls and compliance with company policies

Ideal Candidate

This role would suit someone with a strong analytical mindset who enjoys working closely with non-finance stakeholders.

• Experience in a commercial finance, cost, margin or operational finance role
• Part-qualification (CIMA, ACA or ACCA) or actively studying
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into insight
• Confidence presenting and explaining financial information to non-finance teams
• Advanced Excel skills (Power BI experience desirable)
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills