Finance Analyst

Are you an enthusiastic Part Qualified Accountant looking for a Commercially focused and exciting role in Finance? Would you love to work with one of the UK’s top employers? If so then we have the role for you! We’re recruiting for a Finance Analyst to join the General Merchanting division based in Northampton. 

Supporting the Finance Business Partner, alongside many exciting projects, you’ll provide management accounting and analytical support to the business to help drive the best financial and commercial decisions to drive business performance and maximise achievement against the annual operating plan.

This role is Hybrid working, so travel to our Travis Perkins head office based in Northampton is usually required once or twice a week!

Your key accountabilities will include: 

• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Prepare and review weekly/monthly reports, enabling us to assess performance and make impactful adjustments.

• Data Interpretation & Insight Generation: Collaborate cross-functionally to evaluate performance to allow the Senior Leadership Team to understand and manage their progress against targets. Create and develop KPI and other reports that drive actionable insight and improved business performance.

• Delivery of month end close process including posting journals, inter-company transactions, P&L and margin review, also managing accruals & prepayments.

• Cost Control & Efficiency Improvement: Help drive our cost-efficiency initiatives by analysing expenses to help deliver robust cost analysis and supporting commentary.

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Play an essential role in the budgeting process, working with departments to set ambitious yet achievable targets that align with our growth strategy.

• Financial Modelling & Scenario Analysis: Develop models that provide insights into the financial outcomes. 

• Stakeholder Communication: Prepare and deliver insightful financial presentations, making complex data accessible and actionable for our leadership team.

To be considered, you will need to be a part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or with a relevant degree and intention to study. If you are ambitious, hardworking and looking for a challenging role with real exposure then we would love to hear from you! 

What’s in it for you?

Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.

You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. 

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

• Competitive bonus

• Save-as-you-earn scheme

• Buy-as-you-earn scheme

• Contributory pension scheme

• Life assurance

• Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses

A bit about us

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!