Finance Analyst – Costs and Capex

Finance Analyst – Costs and Capex – Bristol – Competitive salary + £600 joining bonus when you join before 31st December 2021!

RAC have a great opportunity for a full or part qualified Finance Analyst with experience working in a core finance function, to support the RAC Consumer and Marketing Operations, located in Bristol. The role will be based at home until early 2022, RAC is then moving to a hybrid working model which will allow you to work from home twice per week.

A great opportunity for someone who is currently studying towards their CIMA or ACCA qualification, you may be currently working as an assistant management accountant looking for your next career move. Expect to be working across divisions with up to a £20 million costs base and £6 million of capital expenditure, with plans for budgets to increase with business growth!

As a Finance Analyst focusing on cost & CAPEX, you’ll complete end to end tasks across all core finance duties. Heavily involved in finance control and reporting including month-end P&L, balance sheet reconciliations, preparing accounts and management reporting. The role will involve working closely with the Finance Business Partner and the Financial Controller to drive financial performance and monitoring budgets across both divisions whilst preparing accounts and provisioning high-quality insight to support the management of capital expenditures, marketing, payroll and sales commission costs.

Role Purpose

• Effective and efficient accounting producing, timely and accurate numbers
• Deliver effective operation of financial controls
• Support the financial controller/manager in reporting and financial management
• Support the Financial Controller and Marketing & IT businesses with development and maintenance of Marketing and IT Capex spend trackers and with clear communication
• Support the business area with the preparation of annual budgets and forecasting
• Provide a business area with effective financial insight, analysis and challenge
• Build and manage effective relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Understand the Group Strategy and 5YP

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be currently working towards their CIMA or ACCA qualifications. This role does require previous experience of working within a core finance function and have a strong understanding of preparing and reconciling accounts and management reporting. Being a Finance Analyst will mean having to build strong working relationships with both your team and a variety of departments so must have the confidence to communicate across all levels. It goes without saying, you will need outstanding analytical and reporting skills to ensure budgets are kept up to date and close tracking of actual spending. Ideally, we are looking for someone who has experience and knowledge working on Agresso or a similar accounting package.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and on target annual company bonus, contributory pension scheme, life insurance, 25 days annual leave, free on-site parking across all 3 sites and free RAC breakdown cover. We also offer a range of other flexible employee benefits for you to choose from.