Finance Analyst

Kenneth Brian is partnering with a rapidly growing company based in Croydon, recognised for its forward thinking approach and strong commitment to operational excellence. We are seeking an ambitious and detail driven Finance Analyst to join this expanding team and support the business through its next phase of growth.

Role Overview

The Finance Analyst will play a key role in financial planning, reporting, and performance analysis. A core part of the role will involve working closely with operational teams to analyse stock levels, margins, and inventory movements, ensuring accurate reporting and helping to drive efficiency across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting, Analytics & Insight

• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, scorecards and reporting suites for directors and managers.

• Produce analysis covering sales, margins, profitability, operational performance and cash flow.

• Establish clear reporting structures across business units, product categories and markets.

• Communicate findings in a way that supports effective decision-making.

Product-Line & Commercial Performance Analysis

• Analyse individual product lines, product families and ranges to determine performance, profitability and growth potential.

• Develop frameworks to track and measure success by product group, category and business area.

• Evaluate the impact of new manufacturing processes, operational changes and production methods.

• Analyse the effectiveness of point-of-sale displays and commercial initiatives.

Customer & Market Insight

• Build segmentation models to understand customers by region, type, buying behaviour, lifetime value and profitability.

• Produce insight on individual clients, customer groups and channels to support stronger commercial strategy.

• Identify trends, opportunities and risks through detailed customer and market analysis.

ERP, Systems & Data Structure

Work within our ERP system to maintain strong data structures, consistent information flows and reliable reporting foundations.

• Improve processes relating to data capture, validation and workflow efficiency across departments.

• Act as a link between operations, accounts, procurement and manufacturing to ensure accurate, consistent information across the business.

Procurement, Stock & Cash Flow Analytics

• Monitor stock levels, supplier lead times and consumption trends to support forward-looking procurement decisions.

• Create tools to identify optimal reorder points and improve stock planning.

• Support cash flow modelling by analysing the relationship between stock, sales cycles and purchasing activity.

Collaboration Across Teams

• Work closely with the accounts team to align financial data with reporting needs and support planning and forecasting.

• Collaborate with operational, sales and manufacturing teams to ensure reporting reflects real-world processes and priorities.

Continuous Improvement & KPI Development

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, data accuracy and reporting clarity across the business.

• Define and track KPIs that reflect performance across finance, operations, procurement, manufacturing and sales.

• Provide analytical insight that contributes to strategic planning and company growth.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in a financial, commercial, ERP or data-focused analyst role.

• Strong skills in Power BI including DAX, data modelling and visualisation.

• Good understanding of ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365 preferred but not essential).

• Ability to work with large datasets and build clear, reliable reporting frameworks.

• Strong commercial awareness, particularly around product performance, margins, stock dynamics and manufacturing costs.

• Excellent communication skills, able to simplify complex analysis for a broad audience.

• A proactive, curious problem-solver who’s comfortable building new processes and taking ownership.