Financial Reporting Analyst - UK Finance

Key Responsibilities

Financial & Management Reporting

• Prepare periodic management reports, including cost reports, revenue reports, cash-flow reports, and vendor/customer ledger scrutiny.
• Assist in preparing Excel-based financial statements, incorporating all required adjustments to income, costs and balance-sheet items; convert results into the group reporting currency; and respond to related queries from the Group Consolidation team.
• Maintain the intercompany loan master file.
• SAP knowledge to be able to produce accounting and financial results.

Month-End & Year-End Close Support

• Support the month-end and year-end close process: reviewing ledgers, investigating mismatches, and helping clear open items before each close.

Finance Projects & Process Improvement

• Own or support finance-related projects end-to-end process improvements, system changes, ad hoc analysis applying structured project management to see them through to completion.
• Maintain clear, well-organised documentation so reports and projects stand up to scrutiny and are easy to hand over.

Stakeholder Communication

• Work in line with UK office hours and the UK holiday calendar.
• Communicate confidently in written and spoken English with colleagues in the London office and with external parties, as required.
• Take on any other relevant tasks as required.

Candidate Criteria

Essential

• At least five to seven years' experience in professional services (audit, an accountancy practice, or consulting), or equivalent rigour gained in a corporate reporting role.
• Strong Excel and financial-reporting skills.
• Demonstrated project management experience — planning, tracking and delivering initiatives.
• Confident written and spoken English for daily contact with the London office.
• SAP experience to produce reports and transactions

Desirable Technical Skills & Experience

• Exposure to real estate, property development or another asset-heavy sector.
• Experience with SAP or a comparable ERP system.

Personal Attributes

• Structured and deadline-driven, with a professional services eye for accuracy and presentation.
• Proactive about improving processes rather than just maintaining them.
• Confident communicator, comfortable working across teams to keep projects moving.