Financial Data Analyst London, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity for an experienced
Financial Data Analyst
to join a growing and strategic team
£65k per annum
Would you like to use your analytical skills to support the mission of our charity by providing rigorous analysis of a wide range of datasets?
Our Finance department directly impact how we can deliver the mission of the Catholic church in Westminster. That impact is felt throughout London, Hertfordshire and Middlesex through our delivery of services, food banks, shelters, day centres, social enterprise and the many hundreds of programs provided by our parishes and agencies throughout the Diocese of Westminster.
This means there’s lots to get involved in – and to be excited about.
Who are we?
We are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, a faith-based charity with offices close to Victoria Train and Underground Station and just a short walk from St James Park and Westminster Underground stations.
We are home to the Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal Vincent Nichols) & our beautiful Westminster Cathedral. We are one of the leading Catholic dioceses in the country, delivering our charitable mission through our network of 208 schools in which over 90,000 pupils attend daily, 212 parishes and several hundred social justice initiatives. We seek to positively impact the lives of all members of society.
Our core values are Competence, Reliability, Honesty, Perseverance & Love.
Our values are at the centre of everything we do and as such we are looking for a Financial Data Analyst who is able to clearly demonstrate and evidence them
The Role:
You’ll love working in a fast-paced financial analyst role, embedding best practice in day-to-day operations, and informing the long-term planning of the organisation. Your primary focus will be managing the collection and integration of financial and non-financial data across the charity, as a basis for insightful analysis. However, this a very varied role so there will be plenty of opportunities to be involved in a wide range of tasks covering the financial analysis remit, for example in supporting with benchmarking data against both internal and external metrics and in simplifying and improving processes, systems, models and reports.
To be successful in this role, you will be a flexible organised and self-motivated team player with excellent communication skills.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role for the Finance team, so we are looking for someone who shares our values, demonstrates our behaviours and has the experience and enthusiasm to fill the role.
You’ll be joining a dynamic team as we continue our modernisation and transformation programs. This is a very exciting time for the Diocese of Westminster, and we believe that as a team we can continue to make changes that truly benefit the local communities that we serve.
You will have experience of the following:
- At least 5+ years’ working in a financial data analyst role or similar
- Strong knowledge of MS Dynamics GP and MS Power BI, as well as MS Office Suite – with extensive experience using Microsoft Excel
- Summarising, analysing and interpreting numerical data to identify issues/trends and patterns
Benefits:
In return for your hard work and commitment to us, you will receive a competitive reward package which will include, but is not limited to:
- Life Assurance
- Access to Healthcare Cash Plan
- Discounts scheme through Edenred-shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets gift cards and much more
- Season Ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Access to low cost loans with Churches Mutual
- Employee assistance programme– free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting home life
Location: Vaughan House, London SW1
Hours of work: 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) – may be required to work outside of these hours including weekends (limited)
Salary: £65k per annum
Closing date: 14 June 2023
Job Reference: 519-101
Please find the job description below:
Financial Data Analyst Job Description
To be considered for the role, please complete an online application. CVs will NOT be considered, therefore, please do not send them. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please note that you will need to be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this position. You must provide proof of Right to Work in the UK. We reserve the right to remove the vacancy before closing date.
We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our organisation, share a sense of belonging and demonstrate our values. With this in mind, we positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion at the Diocese of Westminster and place it at the heart of our aim which is to reflect and connect with the diverse communities that we serve.
Actions we take to provide equality of opportunity for all candidates include:
- We anonymise application forms during our shortlisting process to ensure that candidates are assessed without any consideration of their name, gender or background.
- As part of this anonymisation, we don’t take into consideration where candidates studied, or the method of that study e.g. full-time, part-time or distance learning.
- We apply a consistent approach to our question setting across our applications and interviews to ensure that everyone is assessed against the identified values, competencies and job requirements. Our values are important to us and as such we use a scoring framework that marks candidates based on values, behaviours and competencies.
- We provide guidance and brief all our interviewers throughout the selection processes in recruitment best-practice to mitigate against any potential for conscious or unconscious bias or discrimination. Whenever possible we will have multiple interviewers when assessing each candidate to ensure marking is accurate and fair.
- We ensure all our assessment venues are accessible. We offer alternative formats of our application forms to encourage applicants with disabilities or who require reasonable adjustments to perform at their best.
- We will work together with candidates with a disability or health condition to implement reasonable adjustments to enable them to feel comfortable and strive during the assessment process.
About Diocese of Westminster
CEO: Vincent Nichols
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 51 to 200 Employees
Type: Non-profit Organisation
Website: rcdow.org.uk
