Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Role

The Financial Analyst supports the Technology Finance function by managing data capture, consolidation and report building. The role bridges Technology and Finance by working directly with stakeholders to accurately capture time spent on technology initiatives, validate operational inputs, model project costs and support accurate software capitalisation compliance. The role provides reliable allocation models, automated dashboards and forward-looking project forecasts that enable precise cost tracking, project reporting and informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with delivery managers and technology stakeholders to capture time spent on business initiatives.
• Ensure inputs are submitted on time, are accurate and are suitable for financial tracking purposes.
• Support the identification of activities that qualify for financial capitalisation in line with internal guidelines.
• Validate operational inputs to ensure alignment with corporate governance rules.
• Transform raw and disparate time-tracking data into structured, functional data models for cost tracking.
• Enable accurate allocation of technology costs and internal labour assets across projects.
• Create and maintain interactive financial dashboards and visual reporting tools.
• Translate consolidated financial datasets into clear reports showing spending trends, project status and budget variances.
• Provide management with transparent reporting on actual technology expenditure.
• Monitor rolling technology expenditure against approved budgets and corporate commitment logs.
• Perform regular variance analysis to identify material differences between actual spend and financial plans.
• Highlight root operational causes of variances and support corrective action discussions.
• Streamline month-end reporting by building and maintaining automated project reports.
• Support month-end project forecasts and related reporting control activities.
• Improve reporting consistency, reduce manual effort and strengthen data accuracy.
• Provide support to wider budgeting and forecasting cycles for technology projects.
• Maintain routine updates comparing monthly actuals against targets and latest forecasts.
• Support the production of forward-looking project financial reporting packs.
• Produce clean, reconciled time-tracking and cost-allocation datasets each month.
• Maintain allocation models as the single source of truth for distributing technology expenses and booking capitalised assets.
• Deliver automated visual reporting packages and dashboards that track project spend.
• Simplify complex financial data and spending trends for non-finance stakeholders and leadership audiences.
• Provide routine financial updates and automated forward-looking project forecasts.
• Compare actual monthly spend against targets and explain the operational drivers of variances.

Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours

Essential

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related quantitative discipline.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in corporate finance, project accounting or data analytics.
• Baseline understanding of asset capitalisation concepts.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to manipulate large datasets.
• Experience connecting data, writing formulas and designing clean visual presentations in BI software.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to partner with and challenge non-finance stakeholders to secure accurate information.
• Strong communication skills and ability to turn financial data into clear business insight.

Desirable

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics (MSD).

Reward & Benefits: What's in it for me?

We want our people to feel recognised, supported and able to thrive both at work and beyond it.

We offer a competitive reward package designed to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing, alongside opportunities to learn, develop and be recognised for the contribution you make. Benefits vary by role and location, and full details will be shared as part of the application process.

Equal opportunities: Our commitment to inclusion

Collinson Group is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, and believe that different perspectives make our business stronger.