Job Description

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Senior Financial Analyst

About this role

Are you an experienced Finance Professional who is energised by the opportunity to combine technical excellence with a deep understanding of our business to positively impact our business?

This Senior Finance Analyst role is part of the newly formed UK Cost Management team and will provide support to some of our highest profile business areas including Marketing, Product and HR. In this role you will be responsible for all month end activity, reporting and Outlook for the different business areas as well as supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner with budget, ad hoc analysis and requests.

You will have plenty of opportunity to interact with a wide range of business stakeholders up to a senior level and work closely with them on both BAU and ad hoc activities as well as being one of the faces of finance and an SME for opex and capex.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll be doing

Supporting the business in the:

Completion of month end activity

Outlook and Budget process by working with various senior stakeholders across the business

Increasing analytical output from the UK Finance team

Trusted advisor to senior stakeholders from the business team and the Finance leadership team

Provide insight and analysis to the UK CFO in monthly financials review (MFR) meetings

Supporting any ad hoc requests that come from the business teams.

Synthesising and simplifying financial and non-financial data.

Driving forward process improvement related activities for the newly setup Cost Management team

How you\xe2\x80\x99ll be doing it

Own and have a deep understanding of the end to end month end process and the insight we can gain from it

Combine business knowledge with the expertise that comes from being an excellent finance professional to provide challenge and support.

Collaborating across finance teams to deliver business outcomes together.

Investigating new technologies and tools and supporting process improvement workstreams.

Strong use of all systems and applications relevant to the required outputs of the role (e.g. OneStream, GSuite, Microsoft Office).

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for

Strong analytical skills e.g. working in grey space, deep dives on queries, accuracy, spotting errors and asking the right questions.

Excellent knowledge of accounting principles (e.g. P&L, budget & forecast etc).

Communication - within and outside Finance. Tailoring written and verbal comms as appropriate.

Relationship building and stakeholder management with teams internal and external to Finance.

Ability to coordinate a complex set of inputs with different drivers, timelines and priorities and bring it together in a story.

Continuous improvement and change agility mindset.

Working collaboratively within and outside Finance, achieving together cross-functionally.

Experience and qualifications needed

Fully qualified accountant.

Experience working in an FP&A function or similar.

Experience or knowledge of opex and capex is helpful but not essential.

We are committed to creating a level playing field and seek to create teams that are representative of our customers and the communities we serve. We\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you if you identify with a typically under-represented group in our industry and are particularly keen to hear from women, the LGBTQ+ community and ethnic minority candidates.

Where and how you\'ll work

This is a permanent position and can be based in either our Nottingham or London offices.

Our hybrid working model offers you the flexibility to work from our offices and from home, when you need to.

We\'re big on collaboration and connection, and so generally encourage our associates to use our offices on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The number of days you spend in the office will usually be led by the type of work you\xe2\x80\x99re doing, and the hybrid working patterns of the people you partner most closely with.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we\'re open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you

Bring us all this - and you\xe2\x80\x99ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation

We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)

Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance \xe2\x80\x93 with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave

Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee caf\xc3\xa9

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it\xe2\x80\x99s about what you do, not just what you say. That\xe2\x80\x99s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

REACH \xe2\x80\x93 Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies

OutFront \xe2\x80\x93 to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates

Mind Your Mind \xe2\x80\x93 signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all

Women in Tech \xe2\x80\x93 promoting an inclusive environment in tech

EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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