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DATA ANALYST / MANCHESTER / HYBRID/ PERMANENT/ £40,000-£45,000 PLUS BENEFITS

About the Team / Role

WEX Europe Services Ltd are the owner of the Esso Card Fuel Card Portfolio, and with offices across Europe and the US are one of the Europe’s largest providers of fuel cards.

The data Analyst will be responsible for analyzing financial data, forecasting future financial trends, and providing recommendations to improve financial performance. The role involves creating financial models, conducting variance analyses, and preparing reports to assist in decision-making processes across the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to make lasting change within the business and be part of the growing the business.

What’s on Offer?

  • Highly Competitive salary of £40,000-£45,000 (Dependant on experience)
  • Annual company bonus
  • 37.5 hour week- Monday to Friday, no evenings or weekends
  • Hybrid working from our Manchester City Centre office (1-2 days per week)
  • Industry leading pension scheme
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays- with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Income protection
  • Discount & Perks platform
  • Employee wellbeing

How you’ll make an impact

  • Financial Analysis: Analyze financial data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks, ensuring insightful reporting.
  • Budgeting & Forecasting: Assist with the development of annual budgets and quarterly financial forecasts.
  • Variance Analysis: Conduct monthly and quarterly variance analysis between actuals and forecasts/budgets.
  • Financial Modeling: Create detailed financial models to support strategic initiatives, capital investments, and business decisions.
  • Reporting: Prepare Retention and Sales reports, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and other performance metrics for management.
  • Business Insights: Provide actionable insights to optimize costs, revenue, and overall financial performance.
  • Data Analysis: Gather, analyze, and interpret financial data to support decision-making.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with departments such as Sales, Operations, and Marketing to monitor budgets and performance.
  • Ad-Hoc Analysis: Support leadership with special projects, financial studies, and operational analyses.
  • Program Management: Mange new workstreams of revenue.

Experience you’ll bring

  • Ideally educated to degree level or qualified by experience
  • Previous experience and knowledge of working with SQL (essential), Power BI, Tableau, Informatica and Python
  • Ability to work cross functionally across the business including with key stakeholders and Senior Leadership Team
  • Ability to undertake project work and understand Lean 6 Sigma or Agile.
  • Would be of a strong advantage if applicants have previous experience of working with finance systems such as Card 1, ICFS, AR or payment systems

What’s Next?
If you have the skills and passion to take on this position of DATA ANALYST, then we would love to hear from you. APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately it is not possible to respond to each one individually, applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted within one week of application

We do not accept speculative CVs. Any CV received by WEX will be treated as a gift and eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by the Talent Acquisition team.


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