Hybrid Finance Analyst

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• Job title: Finance Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £45,000 - £52,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: BigQuery, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cardiff, United Kingdom

About the role

• Finance Analyst supporting the Cost Team in providing accurate reporting and insightful analysis for non-finance stakeholders. Key deliverables include monthly cost reports and forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Assisting review and validation of opex transactions for accuracy and correct cost allocation
• Maintaining cost tracking models (latest opex estimate), ensuring they reflect latest assumptions
• Preparing cost reviews/presentations, summarising spend to latest forecast, risks and opportunities
• Collaborating with non-finance teams to understand movements and update the opex estimate
• Contributing to the forecasting; collecting inputs, validating assumptions, and review packs.
• Assisting with the forecasting and budgeting process, consolidating submissions and checks.
• Maintaining clear cost models, documenting logic, with clear and concise outputs
• Providing supporting analysis for external audits and regulatory requests (as appropriate).
• Supporting Finance Analytics to automate manual reports into automated dashboards.
• Ensuring all meetings have an agenda, agreed actions, owners, follow ups and timelines.
• Supporting the preparation of process and training documentation within remit
• Upholding the behaviours and conduct that contribute to Monzo values and culture.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in FP&A, accounting, economics, analytics, statistics or related field
• Relevant qualification or open to working towards a relevant accounting qualification
• Experience using SAP and/or Anaplan (desirable)
• Advanced knowledge of formulas in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel
• Experience in business modelling, and data visualisation to support insights/storytelling
• Experience using Looker or PowerBI (desirable)
• Knowledge of SQL or use of Big Query (desirable)
• Ability to explain and present work in a simple, clear and concise manner
• Good organisation skills and stakeholder management skills (managing expectations).
• Effective at presenting in meetings with non-finance teams.
• Demonstrable initiative to improve data, processes or collaboration

Benefits

• £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.
• Flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team.
• Hybrid working environment with flexible working from home arrangements and some in-person attendance.