Junior Finance Analyst - FP&A London, England
Job description
We are looking for a Junior Finance Analyst - FP&A to join our Finance team!
Location of role: 2 days a week office based (London, SE1 0LH) & 3 days home working
Brands you will be working on: Ren Clean Skincare, & Support for Unilever Prestige brands (Kate Somerville, Tatcha, Living Proof & Murad)
Reporting to: REN Senior Finance Manager
Overview:
Unilever Prestige - focussing on premium luxury brands in a fast-growing segment. Within the UK we operate a Prestige Hub, which functions as the Group Headquarters of REN Clean Skincare and as the UK offices of the other Prestige entities. We are: REN Clean Skincare, Murad, Living Proof, Tatcha and Kate Somerville.
REN Clean Skincare was founded in London back in 2000. In everything we do, we are Clean To Skin and Clean To Planet – that’s our ethos. We create high performance skincare that’s powered by nature’s bioactives and formulated for sensitive skin; all while helping to reduce our impact on the planet. The vision for our brand is to become the #1 clean sustainable skincare brand globally.
Within this role you will support the commercial finance function across REN & the HUB brands. You will have a good understanding of the P&L, strong excel skills, an understanding of financial systems and the ability to manage & analyse multiple large data sets. There is a huge scope for personal and professional advancement within this role and input into major decisions. This role would suit somebody with a maths, finance or business related degree, a part qualified accountant or someone looking to study accounting.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Facilitating the UK management review process (MPR)
- Supporting Unilever Prestige reporting requirements
- Maintaining the UK & International Sales & BMI (Brand Marketing Initiatives) planning process
- Playing a key part in the Adaptive system implementation project
- Business partnering with commercial functions and providing Ad Hoc analysis and insight
- Maintain monthly UK & International Sales & Marketing planning files, providing insight on variances to plan, incorporating the budgeting process
- Partnering with the UK & International sales teams to understand sales performance at customer level
- Update & consolidation of Global P&L
- Update management review presentations
- Assist our margin reporting improvement initiatives
- Support Adaptive Forecasting tool implementation project
- Prepare the quarterly and monthly financial reports and presentations to Unilever Prestige
- Provide Ad Hoc analysis to all commercial functions
What we are looking for:
- Strong analytical and excel skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to present complex information in a succinct & understandable manner
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise according to team goals
- Open to being challenged and to challenge the status quo
- Determination and willingness to learn
- Pro-active team player
- Studying or open to studying a Professional finance qualification equivalent to CA, CIMA, ACCA.
- Experience of working in Oracle (or other accounting software), Excel, Adaptive &/or power BI
What we offer:
- Flexible working culture to fit around your lifestyle.
- Generous staff discount across our brands!
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Summer Fridays – Early finish!
- Competitive salary & discretionary annual bonus.
- Vitality Private Healthcare Insurance.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Unilever Prestige Hub Brands: REN/Murad/Kate Somerville/Living Proof/Tatcha is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do. In particular, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Unilever Prestige Hub Brands/REN/Murad/Kate Somerville/Living Proof.
