Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst £70,000 Bonus | 3 Days Onsite (Hybrid) | Manchester HQ PE-Backed Make an Impact Where it Counts. We're working with a high-growth, Private Equity-backed business with ambitious plans for the next phase of commercial and operational scale. As a Senior Finance Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in providing strategic financial insight, owning critical reporting processes, and partnering closely with Commercial Finance to influence performance at the highest level. This isn’t a back-office reporting role it’s a commercial-facing, hands-on opportunity to truly drive change, improve forecasting accuracy, and support decision-making across the business. What You’ll Be Doing: Take the lead on preparing monthly Board and Lender Packs working with Commercial Finance to analyse performance drivers, variances and actionable insights. Lead end-to-end WIP and Debt reporting for the Senior Leadership Team understanding trends, pinpointing deviations from target, and improving processes in collaboration with commercial stakeholders. Oversee the cash receipts forecasting cycle — working closely with Treasury to provide detailed analysis and proactive recommendations to support liquidity management. Own the Financial Operating Model (Excel-based) for Balance Sheet and Cash Flow forecasting, budgeting, and long-term (5-year) planning. Collaborate with Group Finance to develop effective working capital reporting — owning the feedback loop and improving forecast accuracy. Support covenant compliance reporting, including the forecasting of leverage ratios. Be a key player in the annual Budgeting and Forecasting cycles — across P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash. Work cross-functionally across Group, Commercial, Treasury, and Transactional Finance. What You’ll Need: A background in FP&A, Commercial or Group Finance Strong Excel modelling skills comfortable owning a complex Financial Model Experience in cash flow forecasting and working capital analysis Excellent stakeholder skills particularly with non-finance and commercial teams Exposure to PE-backed environments is a strong advantage (but not essential) Why Join? Huge opportunity to add value and build your profile in a high-growth, PE environment High visibility across senior leadership and commercial teams Work for a business that’s not just growing but transforming Career progression, leadership responsibility, and genuine impact on the numbers that matter

Location: Manchester, GB

Posted Date: 6/23/2025