Interim Senior Financial Analyst 6 months
Interim Senior Financial Analyst 6 months
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Job Description
Collinson is the global privatelyowned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide marketleading airport experiences loyalty and customer engagement and insurance solutions for over 400 million consumers.
Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass the worlds original and leading airport experiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1500 lounges and travel experiences including dining retail sleep and spa in over 650 airports in 148 countries helping to elevate the journey into something special. We work with the worlds leading payment networks over 1400 banks 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide.
We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.
Key clients include Visa Mastercard American Express Cathay Pacific British Airways LATAM Flying Blue Accor EasyJet HSBC Chase HDFC.
Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.
Never short of ambition the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1800 global colleagues.
Purpose of the Job
We are seeking an interim Senior Finance Analyst join our Group FP&A team for 6 monthsto provide financial analysis support to the Technology and Data function. This role is primarily focused on spend analysis monthend management reporting and budgeting support. Working closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner for the function the Senior Finance Analyst will ensure accurate and timely reporting of financial results identify spending trends and provide actionable insights to help manage and optimise Technology & Data overheads expenditure.
Key Responsibilities
1. Spend Analysis and Insights
- Conduct detailed analysis of Technology & Data overheads including software licenses hardware data subscriptions consulting and other operating expenses.
- Track actual spend against budget and forecast analysing variances to highlight trends risks and opportunities.
- Partner with stakeholders in the Technology & Data teams to provide financial insights on spend patterns and identify potential cost savings or efficiency opportunities.
- Develop dashboards and other reporting tools to enhance visibility and understanding of Technology & Data spend drivers.
- Prepare adhoc analyses as requested by management providing financial support for decisionmaking on potential investments or cost reductions.
2. MonthEnd Reporting
- Compile monthly financial reports presenting key insights variances and analysis for review with the Senior Finance Business Partner.
- Support the preparation of monthend review packs providing commentary on performance against budget and identifying areas requiring management attention.
3. Budgeting and Forecasting
- Support the annual budgeting processes for Technology & Data overheads working with budget holders to gather review and consolidate financial plans.
Knowledge skills and experience required
- Qualified Accountant with ACCA/CIMA or equivalent
- Experience in a finance analyst role preferably with exposure to overheads or Technology & Data spend analysis.
- Proficiency in financial software and advanced Excel skills; experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau) is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data identify trends and provide actionable insights.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail in reporting analysis and reconciliations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information to nonfinancial stakeholders.
- Proactive and solutionoriented with the ability to work independently and collaboratively to resolve issues.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment adjusting to evolving business needs.
Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour race ethnicity gender identity sexual orientation neurodivergence family status age individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our ongoing success.
We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven high performing culture providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter Do the right thing One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think act and interact right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.
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Employment Type
Full Time
