Finance Analyst Work and Family

Bright Horizons, Northampton

Finance Analyst Work and Family

£28000

Bright Horizons, Northampton

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 5 days ago, 15 Dec | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 188d5eb56b6349ffa918d80d87646d04

Full Job Description

As a Finance Analyst for the Work & Family area of the business, you will be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of our client contract revenue and billing, understanding and analysing the monthly client revenue fluctuations, and reporting the balances by client for both unbilled and deferred revenue. You will take part in ensuring the month end transactions are posted and will support other areas of the business with related queries. Our team works in weekly, monthly, and quarterly cycles supporting over 400 clients and the Finance Analyst will be a critical part of the team to help keep daily transactions and processes organised and outstanding items prioritised. What you'll be doing;

  • Read client contract financial terms via signed legal agreements, record the data points into the ERP system, & ensure the revenue and billing is generating correctly.
  • Work closely with Client Relations and Legal on understanding and implementing contract terms for written and auto renewal agreements.
  • Ensure client revenue has reported correctly in the monthly P&L and be able to explain the fluctuations for reasonableness.
  • Adhere to monthly and quarterly deadlines as it pertains to posting transactions to the P&L and Balance Sheet.
  • Be able to evidence controls to management and Internal and External auditors.
  • Create and/or explain fluctuations on balance sheet reconciliations for unbilled and deferred revenue.
  • What we need from you;
  • Timely and accurate posting of accounting transactions
  • Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations
  • Identification of risks and opportunities
  • Supporting with the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting where necessary
  • Perform ad-hoc analysis as required
  • Explain complex financial information to Non-Finance Staff and support them with finance-based queries
  • Collaborate and communicate with other Finance Departments
  • Support Finance Business partners with any queries
  • Work effectively with different parts of the organisation to achieve common goals
  • Keep up to date with organisational changes, financial regulations, and the marketplace
  • Respond appropriately to issues requiring confidentiality
  • Interact with Internal and External Auditors