Finance Analyst (TRAC)

Job description
Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a Finance Analyst within the Management Reporting team at Imperial College. This is a high-profile role that provides the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to understand how the finances of the College work and to work closely with key stakeholders across functions.

The team delivers financial management reports to both key external stakeholders and the College’s senior leadership team, ensuring these meet their needs and are produced in an efficient manner.

This role is integral to the College’s annual reporting cycles. The successful candidate will be responsible for the provision of college TRAC return, analysis, and associated narrative to senior management to inform decision making and to drive forward improvements in our reporting environment.

A key part of the role is to develop the quality of information in our systems by identifying and removing data weaknesses and process inefficiencies.

Duties and responsibilities

As Finance Analyst, you will:

• Responsible for delivering management information both internally and externally according to the College’s reporting cycle.
• Own and manage the annual government TRAC returns.
• Manage the process for calculating facility charge-out rates to be used when costing research proposals.
• Prepare analysis and reports that enable the business management to effectively challenge costs and inform decision-making.
• Provide advice and guidance on the content of business performance reports and the causes of variances.
• Work with College wide colleagues to gather data and evidence as required to support narrative descriptions.
• Identify data weaknesses and understand their source to assist in the development of improved control over the integrity of data.
• Work with stakeholders to proactively identify and address process improvement opportunities and improve the efficiency and automation of reporting processes.
• Presents information clearly and succinctly through commentary visuals, graphs, tables and other means to influence business partners and management effectively respond to impromptu questions and simplify complex information to ensure understanding.
• Own and manage the student fee income recognition processes.

Essential requirements

The successful candidate is likely to have:

• Accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Post qualification experience of variance, trend and financial analysis and narrative reporting
• Experience of Reporting solutions (Oracle, Essbase, Power BI, Other similar package)
• Inquisitive nature who seeks to get to the right answer.
• Data driven approach to problem resolution.
• High proficiency in Excel and data manipulation
• Ability to critically appraise processes and reports and identify improvements.
• Experience of advising and influencing senior internal stakeholders
• Drive and inquisitive nature to fully investigate variances and resolve any issues identified.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including collaboration and relationship building.
• Eye for detail and willing to take ownership for the quality of information presented.
• Ability to write clear and insightful reports, able to present information clearly and concisely to achieve impact.

Further information

Due to the nature of this role we will be shortlisting candidate as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy as soon as a suitable candidate has been appointed. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Candidates are required to complete an online application.

Hybrid working may be considered for this role.  Staff working in roles that are suitable for hybrid working will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite. The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

More information is available on the following web page: Work Location Categories (from 30 September 2023) tendersglobal.net Administration and support services tendersglobal.net Imperial College London

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