Commercial Finance Analyst (Maternity Cover)

Job Introduction

We are currently looking for an Excel savvy, Commercial Finance Analyst to join our Sodexo team onsite in Aberdeen, covering maternity leave in our Energy and Resources segment.

You will be responsible for providing direction, management and support in all commercial and financial areas including but not limited to: business analysis, reporting, accounting, planning, control, risk management and presenting directly to senior management on contract performance. 

If you are a part qualified Accountant with SAP experience, the ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines, with strong commercial acumen and analytical skills, we would like to hear from you. 

Role Responsibility

• Identifying the cause/s of poor or sub optimal performance, developing solutions to sustainably improve performance, and provide support in the implementation of those solutions
• Finance support for tender pricing, including participation in decision making process compilation of cost models, analysis of proposed submissions and presentation of proposed pricing for approval
• Develop and manage robust budgeting and forecasting processes across the business: identifying issues and opportunities and ensuring the Finance team and senior management teams have plans in place to address them
• Identify key performance drivers and work with site management to deliver ongoing efficiencies
• Work closely with Financial Controller to collate and interpret monthly unit performance for portfolio
• Support the Finance team and the Senior Leadership team in commercial decision making, mitigating risks, and maximising profitability and cash collection
• Actively support operations managers in client negotiations and proposals for new and existing contract amendments
• Support & attend ad hoc “in-segment” performance reviews, improve current processes in segment or between segments & shared services, and support structural reporting changes as appropriate

Please see attached job descriptions for further details regarding the role requirements. 

The Ideal Candidate

What we are looking for

• Part Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with relevant experience
• Systems experience with SAP, ACP, Excel (Advanced), and Word
• Ability to work flexibly to accommodate changing work priorities and work to tight deadlines
• Strong commercial acumen, willing and able to challenge accepted practices and processes
• Substantial analytical skills able to understand complex performance issues and advise and able to prioritise action plans to resolve
• Exposure to range of modelling techniques and sensitivity analysis
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills for managing senior level relationships and difficult performance management conversations
• Willingness to potentially travel to offshore / onshore sites, and availability during unsocialable hours to meet deadlines

Package Description

From £26,000 to £32,000, dependent on experience. 

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.