Financial Analyst - 3 Month Fixed Term Contract
On site
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Freelance
26-02-2025
Job Specifications
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.
If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.
Job Description
This is a 3 Month Fixed Term Contract.
Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. This is a hybrid working role.
As a Financial Analyst will involve coordinating, developing and creating finance models for both board reporting, Business Unit Manager reporting and future budget preparation. You will simplify current manual tasks to automate areas and assist the Head of Finance in other tasks that are required to help build a strong strategic base. You will be responsible for producing, analysing, and communicating standard and ad-hoc reports to senior business leaders, facilitating efficient financial management and development of operational business sectors.
Reporting: Communicate monthly results and business performance to senior business leaders, providing variance analysis and commentary for both routine and ad-hoc reports.
Budget and Forecasting: developing and simplifying the budget process to ensure efficiency and clarity.
Process Improvement: Enhance finance processes to better support operations, governance, and control.
Accruals Process: Review and improve the accruals process.
Data Interpretation: Interpret core transactional data and manipulate it as required. Ensure Operational Finance receive the necessary information and transactions are processed accurately and timely.
Support: Support or deputise for the Business Controller as needed.
Operational Alignment: Act as a bridge between operational teams and senior management to align financial goals with business objectives.
Site Visits: Conduct regular site visits to ensure a full understanding of the business and local issues.
Cost & Margin Reviews: Review and challenge actual vs. predicted margins.
Net Working Capital: Assist the Finance Director in ensuring net working capital actions are implemented and new actions identified..
Qualifications
Part Qualified accountant or QBE.
Understanding of routine monthly accounting close cycles and accounting standards.
Comfortable contributing in a fast paced, deadline driven, small team.
The ability to communicate complex financial information to non-Finance managers / directors.
Effective communication skills to all levels of an organisation.
Strong Analytical skills
Advanced excel modelling skills
Time management skills and initiative; to appropriately prioritise activities whilst maintaining a strong attention to detail and meeting tight deadlines.
Additional Information
What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/
About the Company
The Consumer Product Testing (CPT) Division, focused on non-food consumer products, is known for its flexible approach and capability to deliver customized solutions in the fields of quality assurance and control. From supplier assessment and R&D support to regulatory guidance and supply chain mapping, all the way through to compliance, bespoke testing and QC inspections and down to failure analysis and market surveillance, Eurofins CPT covers every stage of your product’s quality journey. Through our network of laboratori... Know more
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