Business Finance Analyst (Fixed Term Contract- 12 month)

Duration: 12 months Primary Location: Shoreditch (London) with flexible working

Company overview

Our vision is to accelerate the world’s ability to connect, and our mission is to enable the next generation of communications that are more flexible, intelligent and personal, empowering our customers to do what’s next and stay ahead.

We are doing this by delivering a single leading cloud communications platform that powers our customers’ and partners’ global engagement solutions using our APIs, Unified Communications and Contact Centre innovations.

In order to support our strategy, the Finance team is looking for an enthusiastic Finance Analyst to join our team for a 12-month period.

This is a great opportunity for someone with entry level experience in finance analyst roles looking to further explore a career in FP&A in a fast-paced environment, working with a very supportive international team. This is a varied role in which to develop the foundation needed for a career within finance and accountancy.

The role is primarily based in London, and forms part of a Global Finance function located in New Jersey (US), Basingstoke (UK), and Singapore. The role will report into the Senior Director of API Business Finance.

Why this role matters

In recent years Vonage has embarked on an ambitious and exciting growth strategy which has led to a significant transformation of the business, culminating in the acquisition of Vonage by Ericsson in July 2022.

Business Finance plays a key advisory role supporting decision making at a senior level, highlighting key financial issues and risks to be considered.

This role will support the Business Finance team to drive topline and margin growth for the company to support its ambitious targets, as well as support the delivery of operational and process improvements to the team.

What we value:

Being disruptive. Getting things done. With smart people. Enjoying knowing that the work we do is having a global impact by enabling never before imagined communications.

We have big goals, and we want the people who join us to be self-confident, focused on customers and delivery, and who are structured and committed in their approach. We iterate quickly, we fail fast, we take smart chances. We value those who will help us continue this spirit.

What you will do

Performance reporting, forecasting and strategy

Support the Business Finance team to:

• Track performance against key targets and produce management reporting
• Create weekly, monthly and quarterly financial forecasts
• Track performance of departmental budgets across multiple key departments, and partner with stakeholders to support business decisions
• Support management of procurement processes
• Partner, collaborate and project manage across business functions to deliver financial forecasting processes, including communications, timetables and data requirements
• Ensure the integrity of financial models and projections through the implementation of suitable controls, documentation and testing
• Analyse competitor and market financial information to provide insight to assist with decision making

Operations & process improvement

Support the Business Finance team to

• Partner with our Business & Data Analyst and our BI team to convert data into meaningful information to make decisions
• Project manage end-to-end delivery key strategic initiatives
• Design and implement process improvements, achieving efficiencies and automation where possible

What you will bring

• A BA/BSc Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other STEM fields.
• 2 years working in Finance preferred.
• Highly numerate, and proficient with Excel and data analysis
• A logical thinker with great problem solving skills
• Strong communicator with an ability to multitask and prioritize

And ideally

• Understanding of finance and accounting principles and financial reporting
• Experience of using BI systems, such as Tableau or Power BI

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