Commercial Finance Analyst

Commercial Finance Analyst Salary: £Competitive + Excellent Benefits (pension, healthcare etc.) Location: Knutsford, Cheshire About the Role This is a brand-new role and will be an integral part of our growing Commercial Finance function and will provide key support to the continued growth of the group. You will work in close partnership with the finance business partners to provide comprehensive financial reporting and analysis updates. Delivering financial support to commercial decision-making across the business, you will drive continuous process improvement to identify cost-savings and develop efficiencies wherever possible. In return, Fishawack will offer you excellent job benefits, on-going career opportunities and a supportive & flexible working environment. About Fishawack Fishawack Health, an independent, full-service, global healthcare communications group with over 850 medical experts, marketing professionals and strategic specialists. We are bound by our beliefs, connected through our culture and fearlessly move forward with purpose. Established in 2001, Fishawack Health has teams across the UK, US, India, Portugal and Switzerland. Our reputation is built on excellence and creativity, bound by a common philosophy and a commitment to providing premium communications services tailored to meet the individual needs of our clients across the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Our mission is to improve outcomes for patients through the communication and application of healthcare knowledge. As our success continues to grow so does our need for talented individuals. What you'll do * Support the delivery of timely and comprehensive financial reporting and analysis, including but not limited to, month end Management Accounts and KPIs, Quarterly reforecasting and Annual Budgeting * Deliver monthly revenue recognition and fee analysis, ensuring exceptions are reviewed to ensure accuracy in line with revenue recognition procedures and policy * Work with key overhead budget holders and Management Accounts to ensure expenditure is monitored against budget and any significant variance, risk or opportunity is reported to the FW Board * Provide support and assistance with year end audit as required * Support the FBP in delivery of regular & ad-hoc outputs * Aware of key business processes and key metrics associated with each business relevant to their area of work * Actively contributes continuous improvement of key processes for controls, effectiveness and efficiency * Proactively analysing company data to highlight trends, opportunities and threats About you Essential * Part qualified CIMA/ACCA * Competent in use of excel modelling * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Working technical knowledge of reporting standards and management accounting techniques, with a focus on trading balance sheet accounts (Accruals, Prepayments, Accrued Income, Deferred Income) and Profit & Loss reporting/analysis. * Proven experience in a Finance role Desirable * Experience of working in medium to large organisation * Experience of working as part of Group Shared Services * Experience of working in multi currency * Oracle or NetSuite Oracle experience. Role Core Competencies • Proven can-do attitude with an ability to work calmly and accurately to tight deadlines • Self-motivated, confident, tenacious and a positive team player • Is easy to approach and talk to • Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas • Is dedicated to meeting the expectation and requirements of the internal and external customers Benefits We offer a creative, supportive environment with a uniquely diverse career structure where you will be able to continuously develop. Our STEPS training programme - Supporting Training, Enhancing Professional Development - provides a broad range of training delivered in-house and on-line, and supplements on-the-job training/project team-led training initiatives. We also offer a generous company pension, private medical insurance plus many other excellent employee benefits.