Finance Analyst

  • Gleeson Recruitment Group
  • Jan 29, 2026
Full time Banking Finance

Job Description

Finance Analyst

Birmingham Permanent £45,000 - £55,000

Ready to make a real impact on the future of financial reporting at a world leader in their field?

My client is investing heavily in digital transformation, and we're supporting them with the growth of their FP&A team to build smarter, faster, more connected reporting. If you love data, automation, SQL, Power BI, and improving how things work, this is your chance to shape a reporting environment used by stakeholders right across a globally recognised organisation.

The Opportunity

As Finance Analyst, you'll play a key role in optimising and enhancing the core suite of financial reports, models, and templates. You'll be hands-on with data and systems every day, improving accuracy, speeding up processes, and helping to reach a point where reports can be produced at the click of a button.

You'll work closely with the Senior Finance Analyst and alongside another Analysts, contributing to both BAU reporting and larger development projects as they look to modernise reporting infrastructure. It's a role with breadth, autonomy, and the chance to make a visible difference.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Maintaining, improving, and streamlining financial reports, dashboards, and templates
  • Enhancing data processes using SQL, Power BI, Power Query and advanced Excel
  • Supporting the rollout of improved reporting, documentation and training
  • Troubleshooting reporting issues and improving user experience across Finance
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to understand reporting needs and build better solutions
  • Contributing to major transformation projects across FP&A and Finance

What We're Looking For

  • A qualified or part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) or equivalent strong practical experience
  • Strong technical capability in data, reporting and modelling
  • Confident with SQL, Power BI, and advanced Excel
  • Analytical, curious, and comfortable challenging inefficiency
  • Able to work autonomously, prioritise effectively, and manage multiple tasks
  • Great communicator who can translate technical detail into meaningful outputs for stakeholders

? Why Join our client?

  • Huge investment in digital infrastructure of £20m per year
  • Supportive, collaborative culture with genuinely impressive leadership
  • Big focus on development, progression, and upskilling
  • The chance to build reporting that shapes decision making

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