Finance Analyst

at  Bionic Services Ltd

At Bionic, we’re making life radically easier for small business owners. We’re building a one-stop shop for business essentials that’s powered by smart technology and world class human service giving them an experience so good that they trust Bionic to sort all their business needs for them.
The Role
As a commercial finance analyst within the finance team, you will play a critical role in supporting the business in strategic decisions and providing financial information to key stakeholders. You will work cross-functionally across multiple different teams and contribute to the growth of the business.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a great team environment where you will have the opportunity to further your career in an environment with frequent opportunities to accelerate your career development.
This is a hybrid role but will require a minimum of 3 days a week working from the central London office, and reports into one of our Senior Commercial Finance Managers.
The day to day

As a Commercial Finance Analyst your key responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Key contact to our partnerships team, including tracking performance, building financial models, posting month end partner journals and working closely with our Data & Insights team to set up partner payment scripts
• Work alongside our Data & Insights team to ensure actuals and budget information is correct within our systems
• Assist in the production of the monthly board pack for the Exec team, the Board and other stakeholders
• Assist in the tracking of current performance and in month forecasting
• Provide monthly management information to budget holders, senior managers and the Board in accordance with business timelines and a presentation format as required
• Support with the year end audit process
• Assisting with the development of our financial modelling tool, Anaplan
• Handle ad hoc requests from inside and outside the finance team

What we are looking for:

• Part or newly qualified accountant – ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
• Strong technical background in either commercial finance or audit
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communications skills
• High level of computer literacy in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to quickly learn new processes
• Enjoy working in a fast paced and fun environment
• Happy to take on new tasks which may be challenging
• Comfortable juggling different tasks of equal priority

Desirable skills:

• Experience with Anaplan and NetSuite

Interview Process:

• Initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Team
• 1st Stage interview with the hiring manager
• 2nd Stage interview with some of the wider team

About Bionic Group
Bionic has over 800 people working across four office locations and four businesses; Bionic - London, Bionic Outbound - Luton, Think Business Loans - Chelmsford, Business Comparison – Chester, and Smart - Field based agents.
We have a high energy work environment wherever the location; you can feel the passion the moment you walk through our door! Our work environments are packed with amazing people and energy, hubs of collaboration, creativity and fun! We’re one team, we get stuck in, we roll our sleeves up and we care about helping each other out wherever we can. We set the highest standards and show up every day to be the best version of ourselves.
Working at Bionic means provides you many opportunities to advance your career, with incredible progression, recognition, and reward.
Benefits
We know that our employees are what sets us aside from our competitors, our benefits are just part of the way we say thanks.

Enhance your health & wellbeing

• Private healthcare cover
• Employee Assistance Programme, including a virtual GP service, priority physio & talking therapies
• Eyecare scheme

Taking time away from work ️

• 25 days annual leave plus the 8 UK bank holidays, increasing with tenure
• 1 paid family/religious day of leave per year - following successful probation period
• 1 paid charity volunteering day per year
• Option to buy/sell up to an additional 3 days leave per year

Family matters: for the special moments

• Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
• 2 days off for your wedding upon joining, and up to 5 days after 2 years’ service
• Flexible working options & a hybrid work approach

Financial wellbeing

• Auto-enrolled salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Season ticket Loans, salary advances & loans to buy/rent a home - based on tenure
• Cycle to work scheme

Recognition

• Highflyers incentive, a VIP experience for our high performers across Bionic group to celebrate success
• Company summer & Christmas party celebrations, business and local zonely & annual awards and recognition
• Long service awards

• Key contact to our partnerships team, including tracking performance, building financial models, posting month end partner journals and working closely with our Data & Insights team to set up partner payment scripts
• Work alongside our Data & Insights team to ensure actuals and budget information is correct within our systems
• Assist in the production of the monthly board pack for the Exec team, the Board and other stakeholders
• Assist in the tracking of current performance and in month forecasting
• Provide monthly management information to budget holders, senior managers and the Board in accordance with business timelines and a presentation format as required
• Support with the year end audit process
• Assisting with the development of our financial modelling tool, Anaplan
• Handle ad hoc requests from inside and outside the finance tea