Commercial Finance Analyst

at  RWS Group

Job Purpose:
The Commercial Finance Analyst will be responsible for providing support to the divisional management team. This will require you support the preparation of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) outputs. You will need to help package and present opportunities that will have a positive impact on value creation for the division.
You will report into the Divisional Finance Director and work closely with the team of divisional FBPs to support plans in key operational and strategic areas. This will involve interpreting finance performance, supporting key business planning, trade-offs, and opportunities, and understanding a dynamic industry, competitors, and economic context.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• FP&A, commercial finance analyst, or finance business partnering experience
• Professional certified qualification (CFA/CPA/CA/AAT/CIMA/ACCA/ACA or global equivalent)
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other business-related discipline
• Strong English language skills
• Practical knowledge in business analysis, analysing large data sets and information management
• Experience in data modelling, and simplifying complex data into compelling, clear, and actionable insights using Excel and reporting tools
• Strong MS Excel skills with a proven aptitude to interpret customer and financial data
• Working knowledge of core finance systems, ERP and related specialty functional systems, frameworks, and functionality
• Viable understanding of finance business processes, accounting policies, and statutory accounting principles to ensure compliant FBP activities
• Working digital literacy with financial analysis and modelling skills
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with a proactive approach, accustomed to working towards tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality of work
  Life at RWS:
  At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.
  As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.
  We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.
  If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.
  We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.

• Support divisional FBP team in creating FP&A outputs including business plans, project and investment appraisals using divisional data
• Facilitate investigations into areas of opportunity for strategic recommendations
• Understand and translate financial information into tangible targets or actions, assessing financial implications of each action
• Assist divisional FBP team in preparing relevant papers for senior level meetings with stakeholders across the business
• Ensure adherence to accounting principles, internal controls, and applicable legislative and regulatory requirements
• Contribute to the development and management of divisional strategic plans, budgets, and forecasts
• Conduct variance analysis on financial performance against divisional plan
• Leverage business insights, scenario modelling and analysis to support development of financial models and drive commercial decision-making and complex problem-solving
• Create visually compelling stories for executive and leadership presentations
• Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standards and internal policies and procedures
• Prepare accurate and timely financial statements and reports
• Ensure a robust control environment within divisional finance, adhering to internal controls and regulatory requirements
• Identify opportunities to improve existing financial processes
• Raise feedback for potential opportunities to optimise and standardise methods and processes
• Ensure in-scope business partnering processes are documented and stored on the assigned shared location