Financial Analyst

Location: Hertfordshire

Financial Analyst (18-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Watford | Hybrid (4 days office, 1 day WFH)

Are you an ambitious early-career finance professional looking to fast-track your experience in systems, group reporting, and transformation projects?

CP Holdings are looking for a Financial Analyst to join their Group Finance team on an 18-month fixed-term contract, playing a key role in an exciting finance transformation programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on exposure to a major system implementation while developing strong technical and commercial finance skills.

The opportunity

You’ll be part of Project Darwin, supporting the rollout of One Stream, a leading consolidation and financial planning tool used across the group. Working closely with finance stakeholders, project teams, and implementation partners, you’ll gain real-world experience that goes far beyond a traditional analyst role.

This role is ideal for someone studying towards a professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, or ACCA) or with a finance-related degree who wants to build a strong foundation in group finance and systems.

What you’ll be doing

* Supporting the delivery of a group-wide One Stream implementation

* Assisting with system build activities, workshops, and documentation

* Preparing and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including reconciliations and issue logging

* Performing detailed data checks between legacy systems and One Stream

* Supporting finance users during testing and early adoption

* Helping maintain system master data, hierarchies, and mappings

* Responding to day-to-day system queries and supporting training sessions

* Contributing to ad-hoc finance analysis and reporting tasks

What CP Holdings are looking for

Essential:

* Studying towards a professional accounting qualification or holding a finance/accounting degree

* Strong Excel skills and confidence working with financial data

* Solid understanding of financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)

* High attention to detail and a structured, methodical approach

* A proactive mindset with a genuine desire to learn

Desirable:

* Exposure to financial systems, consolidation tools, or reporting platforms

* Experience in a finance, accounting, or analytical role (including internships or placements)

* Awareness of month-end processes or finance transformation projects

Why join?

* Hands-on experience with a major finance systems implementation

* Exposure to group and multi-entity finance environments

* Supportive team culture with strong learning and development opportunities

* A role that builds highly marketable finance and systems skills

* Hybrid working with a Watford head office base

If you’re curious, analytical, and keen to build a strong career in finance systems and group reporting, CP Holdings Ltd would love to hear from you.

RPS will be forwarding all applicants directly to CP Holdings Ltd