Finance Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis Fixed Term

Are you an experienced Finance Analyst looking for your next opportunity? 

We have a fantastic opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group as Finance Analyst – Financial Planning and Analysis on a fixed term basis for 12 months. You'll be based from our head office in Basingstoke, combining office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

It's a really exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose being to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

What you'll be doing

Reporting into the Head of FP&A, you'll deliver financial analysis and insight to the business, including support to deliver monthly management reporting, budgets, and forecasts with input to statutory reporting. You'll provide sound financial advice and support to senior stakeholders to support in driving SNG forwards. Responsibilities include:

• Leading on key monthly timetable deliverables, collating the monthly performance packs and preparing materials to be presented to the Board including commentary and analysis
• Ensuring the effective running of the monthly and quarterly financial forecast process across the business
• Working closely with senior managers and finance business partners to ensure the business performance is fully understood and communicated effectively, including an understanding of Risks & Opportunities
• Identifying and driving forward process and reporting improvements to facilitate improved business insights, including standardisation, consistency and accuracy of reporting as well as championing reporting tools such as Power BI
• Sourcing, collating and analysing both financial and non-financial operational data including trends, benchmarking and comparatives to produce reliable reports that drive business performance, support effective cost management and value for money

What we need from you

You'll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong practical experience and knowledge of financial analysis and appraisal, management accounting, budgeting and forecasting. You'll also:

• Have strong analytical skills, with experience drawing key financial insights
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• Have strong stakeholder management skills, building trusted relationships with the ability to effectively influence or challenge where required
• Be highly numerate with excellent attention to detail
• Show strong prioritisation skills, working well to deadlines
• Have strong IT skills, including MS Office

Any experience with PowerBI would be advantageous but isn't essential

Your Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including: 

• £450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary 
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!