Finance Analyst

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00.

As a Finance Analyst you will coordinate, develop and create finance models for both board & Commercial operations reporting, future budget and forecast preparation to simplify current manual tasks.

You will be responsible for producing, analysing, and communicating standard and ad-hoc reports to senior business leaders, facilitating efficient financial management and development of operational & commercial business sectors.

Job Responsibilities:

• Communicate monthly results and business performance to senior business leaders, providing variance analysis and commentary for both routine and ad-hoc reports.
• Developing and simplifying the budget process to ensure efficiency and clarity.
• Enhance finance processes to better support operations, governance, and control.
• Be the business champion for existing & future business support tools and helping communicate the results in a meaningful manner
• Interpret core transactional data provided by the SSC, and manipulate it as required. Work with the SSC to ensure Operations Finance receives the necessary information and that transactions are processed accurately and timely.
• Perform ad-hoc financial duties as dictated by business needs.
• Act as a bridge between operational teams and senior management to align financial goals with business objectives.
• Conduct regular site visits to ensure a full understanding of the business and local issues.
• Review and challenge actual cost and margins vs. predicted margins.
• Assist the Finance Director in ensuring net working capital actions are implemented and new actions identified..

• Part Qualified accountant or qualified by experience.
• Understanding of routine monthly accounting close cycles and accounting standards.
• Comfortable contributing in a fast paced, deadline driven, small team.
• The ability to communicate complex financial information to non-Finance managers / directors.
• Effective communication skills to all levels of an organisation.
• Strong Analytical skills
• Advanced excel modelling skills
• Time management skills and initiative; to appropriately prioritise activities whilst maintaining a strong attention to detail and meeting tight deadlines. Self-starter.

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health Cash Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 

Your data 
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.