Finance​/Business Analyst; Tgm- Doe

Location:

Leicester

Type:
Permanent

Industry: Ladieswear

Job

A Business / Finance Assistant is required to join the Finance Team of a global supply chain company to assist with business analysis, turning sales and financial data into useful recommendations and actions. While this role will primarily focus on sales analysis support activities, we are looking for a candidate who can also contribute more broadly across data and business analytical tasks.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, diverse, and dynamic organisation, the largest in its sector during a very exciting period of growth. The position would suit someone who is looking to combine administrative and analytical skills and who is interested in leveraging modern tools such as AI to add value to a business. Strong Excel skills are essential, and experience or interest in data analysis and AI tools would be highly beneficial.

The role may suit ambitious graduates or individuals with a background in supply chain.

• Analyse customer sales data using Excel (pivot tables, lookups and formulas)
• Produce weekly and monthly sales reports for internal teams and customer meetings
• Highlight trends, gaps and product performance across key customers and channels
• Chase and manage sales forecasts from customers and communicate them internally
• Monitor forward orders, back orders and stock availability
• Carry out competitor and price analysis across the wider market
• Provide general support to the finance team where needed

• Good Excel skills: proficiency in VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, and data manipulation
• Highly organized and responsible for managing a key retail account
• Computer literate in Excel, Word and Outlook
• Strong interest in AI and its impact on business analysis
• Team player
• Good communication skills
• Proactive, flexible, responsible and reliable