Lead Financial Insight Analyst - Category

Lead Financial Insights Analyst - Category
£40,000 – £50,000 plus excellent benefits Work Level 6A)
Manchester City Centre, Hybrid (working remotely/from home with potentially one day per week in our Manchester city centre office). We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office. You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy

We’re looking for a Lead Financial Insights Analyst to join our Commercial Finance team to provide insightful reporting, planning and analysis, ranging from simple performance reporting to complex modelling, alongside challenging and influencing stakeholders to ensure we make well informed decisions that improve business performance. 

In this role you’ll be partnering with our finance business partners to deliver commercial value through data modelling, performance insights and identifying any opportunities or risks that might have a financial impact. If you can bring us the financial and analytical skills that we need, we can offer you the opportunity to build your career with a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• Use your commercial insight and data modelling skills to provide value analysis, with a focus on insights where we can take action and improve business performance
• Work closely with key business leaders to deliver detailed and accurate reports, financial plans and insightful analysis
• Make sure any risk and opportunities are identified and embedded into future forecasts, presenting any financial impacts they might have
• Provide reconciliation and variance analysis across the different business areas on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
• Support communication with the leadership teams to make sure they can make well informed decisions that improve business performance and helping to tell the story of performance
• Provide trial analysis and support for key projects, including test and learn analysis
• Develop new ways of working, improve efficiencies and look to boost business performance through innovative strategies

This role would suit people who have

• An accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) or in the final stages of working towards one
• Previous experience working in an insight, analysis or FP&A team
• Strong working knowledge of analytical methods, practices and techniques including a hypothesis framework approach to answering questions
• Knowledge and understanding of budgets and forecasts
• Strong IT skills, including proficient use of Microsoft Excel
• The ability to prioritise the right tasks in a complex, changing environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to present to financial and non-financial partners, challenging and influencing where necessary
• The ability to spot new opportunities and drive continuous improvement

Why Co-op? 

Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organisation with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes...

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building an inclusive work environment 

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.

If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

Please be aware that we may close applications for this role early

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.