Halliday Marx have partnered with a well known Media business to hire a Senior Finance Analyst on an interim basis for 9 months.

Senior Finance Analyst

£450-£500 per day (Inside IR35)

9 months (likely to extend)

Hybrid working (2-3 days in the office)

Duties:

• Produce consolidated monthly and quarterly management reporting across the commercial Group, ensuring accurate actuals and forecasts in SAP BPC.
• Act as a key liaison between Commercial, Group Finance, technical teams, and stakeholders, resolving consolidation queries and system issues.
• Validate and manage core data loads across reporting systems, maintaining accuracy and completeness.
• Lead training initiatives, develop guidance, and promote best practices for BPC and SAC users.
• Deliver clear, insightful management reporting for Executive Committee and Board discussions, with recommendations grounded in commercial awareness.
• Analyse trends, risks, and opportunities to inform decisions, linking historical performance to full-year forecasts.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis to support strategy, business cases, and group-wide decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting processes, data literacy, and use of technology to enable more value-add insights.
• Oversee controls in management accounting, including ICFR and EMC compliance, particularly on balance sheets.
• Collaborate across divisions, consolidating and challenging inputs, while clearly communicating key messages to financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Own system processes (SAP S/4, BPC, SAC), supporting data integrity, system enhancements, UAT, disaster recovery testing, and audit readiness.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, auditors, and external providers, ensuring smooth communication, issue resolution, and compliance.

Requirements

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• SAP experience is crucial
• Outstanding business partnering skills
• Available to start within 1 week
• Audit experience