Sr. Analyst EMEA & AP

Senior Analyst, EMEA&AP

Role Purpose

The Senior Analyst will play a key role in strengthening financial integrity, reporting accuracy, and control effectiveness across the business. This role combines hands-on audit and analytics expertise with deep NetSuite and Excel capability, and a strong focus on process optimisation, automation, and data-driven insights.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Finance, Audit, and Business stakeholders to support audits, enhance reporting, and continuously improve financial processes and controls.

Key Responsibilities

Audit & Controls

• Act as a key finance partner to internal and external statutory audit, supporting planning, walkthroughs, testing, and remediation activities
• Prepare, review, and maintain audit documentation, including process narratives, risk assessments, and control matrices
• Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and risks, and drive remediation plans through to completion
• Support internal controls and compliance requirements (where applicable)

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Produce and review management, audit, and regulatory reports ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• Perform detailed variance analysis, trend analysis, and root-cause investigations
• Develop and maintain robust Excel models, dashboards, and reconciliations using advanced functionality
• Partner with FP&A, Accounting, and Operations teams to deliver meaningful financial insights

NetSuite & Systems

• Act as a NetSuite subject-matter expert supporting reporting, saved searches, dashboards, and data extraction
• Support month-end and year-end processes within NetSuite, ensuring data integrity and audit readiness
• Identify opportunities to improve how NetSuite is used for reporting, controls, and efficiency
• Partner with systems and IT teams on enhancements, new functionality, and testing

Process Improvement & Automation

• Lead and support process improvement initiatives across finance and audit workflows
• Identify opportunities for standardisation, automation, and efficiency gains
• Improve documentation, controls, and reporting processes to reduce manual effort and errors
• Support change management and training linked to improved processes

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with senior finance leaders and non-finance stakeholders
• Translate complex financial and audit matters into clear, practical recommendations
• Provide guidance and coaching to junior accountants when required

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Significant experience in a senior finance, audit, or financial analysis role
• Strong practical experience with NetSuite (reporting, saved searches, reconciliations, audit support), in particular experience with the ARM module within NetSuite.
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, Power Query, Power Pivot, complex formulas, large data sets)
• Strong audit mindset with experience supporting internal and/or external audits
• Proven ability to analyse large volumes of financial data and identify issues and trends
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement and control enhancement
• Excellent attention to detail with strong organisational skills
• Confident communicator with the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders
• Experience in multi-entity, multi-currency, or international environments

Desirable / Nice to Have

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Experience with reporting or BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Experience with automation tools (e.g. Excel VBA, system workflows, reporting automation)
• Prior experience in a fast-paced, transformation, or scale-up environment

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, curious, and improvement-focused
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving change
• Strong problem-solving mindset
• Collaborative and able to work across functions
• High integrity with a strong sense of ownership and accountability