Finance Projects Analyst

at  Kingfisher

Overview:
We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!
We are seeking a motivated Finance Project Analyst to support the Strategy Finance Manager in delivering key operational finance initiatives across Global Functions. This role will suit someone with a proven understanding of financial processes and enjoys working on financial projects and driving efficiencies.

What’s the job?:

• Support as needed the delivery of the projects – this could include a variety of activities, including but not limited to : reviewing and analysing data, critically assess existing processes, preparing dashboards and analysing them, proposing solutions to progress the projects
• Keeping track of the projects plan and objectives
• Regularly interacting with colleagues working on the same projects and establish a peer network
• Actively propose ideas and solutions to contribute to the delivery of the projects
• Deputise for the Senior Manager when needed
• Report and communicate on progress to the Director of Group Financial Control and the rest of their team as needed

What you’ll bring:

• Finance experience, would suit both qualified or part-qualified depending on experience
• Detailed data analyst, excellent Excel skills with an eye for detail
• GNFR experience useful
• Good written and verbal skills, happy to present to various audiences as needed
• Languages : French an advantage but not essential

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my rol