Finance & Data Analyst

Finatal
Stoke-on-Trent
5 days ago
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Title: Finance & Data Analyst

Location: Piccadilly Circus – 3 days a week in office

Salary: C.£85k + package

Ref: GM13179


The Opportunity:


Finatal are currently retained on a search for Finance and Data Analyst for a high-growth, Private Equity backed hospitality business. This hire will work closely with the CFO and Head of Finance, and will take on a role that blends financial insight with technical capability to drive better reporting, automation, and commercial decision-making through the business.


The Role:


In this role, you will act as a bridge between Finance and Data, supporting the CFO and Head of Finance with advanced data analysis, presenting insights, and driving data-led decision-making.


  • You will be required to optimise, automate, and enhance the financial reporting processes, P&L and build key finance models enabling real-time insights for senior leadership.
  • Build and maintain commercial dashboards using Power BI for executive-level consumption.
  • Maintain SQL databases and ETL processes to ensure the integrity of all datasets
  • You will work with large volumes of finance data to surface trends, risks, and opportunities.
  • Facilitation and creation of operational budgets, including distribution to all stakeholders and uploading to various systems.
  • Reporting will include maintenance of daily sales reports, updating weekly trade packs and monthly board packs, providing insights and analysis which enhances the data
  • You will be responsible for all commercial financial analysis e.g. menu analysis, cost analysis, events/promotional value etc
  • You will support the finance team with data linked spreadsheets, TM1 reports and Sage integration


The Requirements:


  • You should have a proven experience working with finance teams and large finance datasets using advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Power Pivot, VBA), SQL Server, Power BI (DAX, Power Query)
  • Exceptional stakeholder management experience, often working with executive-level stakeholders, including the CFO
  • Hands-on technical experience building Power BI dashboards for commercial and executive use with a strong knowledge of data visualisation best practices.
  • A solid understanding of financial accounting concepts including P&L analysis, margin & cost controls - relevant accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) desirable, or QBE (5+ years)
  • Multi-site hospitality experience required

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