12 month FTC
Come work in our ever-changing, fast-paced Finance department! The Senior Financial Analyst role will play a critical role in driving strong financial performance and providing actionable insights to support the business in achieving its overall business objectives. The position requires a dynamic individual who can maintain positive relationships across multiple departments and has strong presentation skills. The successful candidate will provide detailed analysis and insights relating to acquisitions, forecasting & budgeting and cover companywide financial reporting.
Version 1 is a leading technology and digital transformation partner, delivering impactful solutions across public and private sectors. With a strong commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer success, we empower our teams to drive meaningful change through data-driven decision-making and financial insight.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the preparation and consolidation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts and budgets, together with the Finance Business Partners and key stakeholders.
- Develop, maintain and enhance financial models to support scenario planning, sensitivity analysis and business case development.
- Analyse financial performance & trends, providing actionable insights aiding decision making.
- Support, guide, and mentor junior analysts within the FP&A team, reviewing outputs, sharing best practices, and contributing to their development.
- Assist in the preparation of management reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and relevance.
- Collaborate with business units to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and ensure alignment with corporate objectives.
- Ensure data integrity and consistency across planning models, reports, and source systems, in collaboration with the FP&A Centre of Excellence and Data teams.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to streamline FP&A processes and tools, with a consideration for increased AI usage.
- Produce detailed monthly analysis of actual performance including variance analysis/insight from actual trading results against KPI’s.
- Prepare and deliver regular reports to leadership on key initiatives & financial performance.
- Assist in the financial integration and reporting of acquisitions, ensuring new entities are incorporated into planning, reporting, and analysis frameworks.
- Participate in ad-hoc strategic projects, including investment appraisals, operational deep-dives, and cost optimisation reviews.
- Qualified Accountant/bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or financial analysis - ideally within a high-growth or Private Equity backed organisation.
- Strong technical proficiency in SQL & Excel (Python also of benefit) with experience in data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau), statistical modelling, and ETL processes.
- Track record of providing financial insights to support business decisions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate across departments.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Proactive team player with strong initiative, negotiating skills and is results-driven
- Ability to be professional and approachable to all levels of employees.
- Working knowledge of Power BI, Kantata (Kimble), NetSuite and Adaptive Planning would be an advantage.
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
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