About the role

  • Financial Analyst at Newton focusing on financial planning and analysis. Collaborating with functional leaders to improve decision-making through high-quality insights and analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Head Office and Support Function leaders to understand cost drivers, productivity and performance
  • Provide clear, actionable insight to support prioritisation and decision-making
  • Build trusted relationships that enable constructive challenge and influence
  • Analyse overhead spend and productivity trends, identifying risks and opportunities
  • Develop, enhance and maintain KPI frameworks and dashboards for support functions
  • Increase transparency over support function costs, productivity and the outcomes delivered to the business
  • Own forecasting and budgeting processes for Head Office and support functions
  • Build capacity and cost models to support growth and scalability
  • Develop robust business cases for investment in people, technology and infrastructure, including ROI and payback analysis
  • Identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, reporting and ways of working
  • Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy, consistency and speed
  • Champion the use of AI and advanced analytics to enhance forecasting, scenario modelling, anomaly detection and insight generation
  • Deliver high-quality management reporting for Head Office and support functions
  • Ensure strong data integrity, controls and consistency of information
  • Support ad-hoc analysis and strategic initiatives across the business
  • Integrate closely with the wider Finance team, sharing best practice and supporting collective objectives
  • Contribute to building a high-performing, forward-looking Finance capability at Newton.

Requirements

  • Full qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post-qualification experience in FP&A, commercial finance or performance analysis
  • Experience partnering with non-finance stakeholders
  • Strong analytical capability and the ability to translate data into clear insight and action
  • Experience with budgeting, forecasting & KPI development
  • Confidence to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders at different levels
  • A strong interest in data, automation and AI, and how these can transform finance
  • Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills (experience with Power BI, SQL, or similar tools is desirable)
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset
  • A continuous improvement mentality.

Benefits

  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Pension contributions
  • 28 days holiday (not including bank holidays)
  • Profit share scheme
  • Equity schemes
  • Full social calendar with activity days and events

Job title

Financial Analyst

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£55,000 - £65,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Tech skills

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