Finance Analyst 12 Month FTC

Finance Analyst 12 Month FTC At InPost we hire awesome people who aren’t afraid to bring ideas to the table, to make mistakes, and challenge the norm! We usually respond within three days Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on — we're looking for a Finance Analyst to support our Finance Business Partners. Our mission? To switch up the status quo and become the UK's leading out-of-home business. With a fast-growing network of thousands of smart lockers, hundreds of leading retail partners and our transformative Send service, we're bringing freedom to anyone with a parcel. At InPost UK, we're building an unparalleled group of talent committed to reshaping the way parcels move and redefining eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale-up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain — a passionate bunch with high ambition. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Business Partnering Support • Support your Finance Business Partner in building a close working relationship with their business area, preparing briefing materials and financial context ahead of leadership and management meetings. • Develop a working understanding of the commercial and operational drivers of your FBP's business area, so that your analysis is grounded in what actually matters to the stakeholders being supported. • Help identify financial risks and opportunities within the business area, flagging anomalies or emerging trends in the data to your FBP before they surface in the management accounts. • Respond to day-to-day queries from business stakeholders on straightforward financial questions, escalating anything requiring additional judgement or a difficult conversation to your FBP. Monthly Performance Reporting & Commentary • Investigate the drivers behind significant variances to budget or forecast, providing your FBP with the underlying detail needed to write insightful, explanatory commentary. • Maintain reporting templates and working files so that month-end production is efficient, consistent and easy for others to pick up. • Support continuous improvement of management reporting — identifying opportunities to automate recurring tasks, reduce production time and improve the clarity of outputs. Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Modelling • Support the budget and re-forecast process for your FBP's business area, building and maintaining the underlying models, consolidating inputs from budget holders and checking calculations for accuracy. • Maintain rolling forecast trackers throughout the year, flagging material movements to your FBP as they emerge. • Build and update financial models and scenario analysis to support decision-making — including investment cases, pricing sensitivities, volume scenarios and cost lever evaluation — under the direction of your FBP. • Support the annual five-year plan (5YP) process for your business area, preparing supporting schedules and data packs as required. Data, Systems & Financial Accounting Interface • Support your FBP in liaising with the Financial Controllers on business events affecting the close — such as accruals, one-off items, recharges or timing differences — helping to ensure the accounting team has the context they need. • Maintain clear, well-documented working files and models so that assumptions, sources and calculations are transparent and can be reviewed or picked up by others. • Participate in Finance team meetings and close reviews as needed, contributing data and analysis to support wider Controlling and Financial Accounting discussions. Investment Appraisal, Cost Analysis & Commercial Support • Support the preparation of investment and business cases for MCA or other governance submissions, building supporting financial models and sense-checking assumptions. • Provide granular cost centre and department-level analysis to support budget holders in managing their cost and/or revenue base, highlighting cost lines running ahead of plan. • Produce ad hoc financial and commercial analysis to support decision-making — including for example, pricing sensitivities, volume-mix-margin bridges and profitability assessments. • Help develop and maintain financial and commercial KPI dashboards for the business area, using Power BI, Excel or equivalent tools to make insight accessible to non-finance audiences. WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU We're looking for people who are ready for a fast-paced environment, get their kicks out of problem solving and can balance getting today's stuff done, whilst building for the future. We're looking for people with drive and natural curiosity — who want to do things differently. And do them brilliantly. Qualifications & Experience • Part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) actively studying towards a professional qualification, or a graduate with strong analytical experience in a finance or commercial analyst role. • Experience supporting month-end reporting, budgeting or forecasting processes, ideally within a finance business partnering or management accounting environment. • Strong Excel skills, including financial modelling, pivot tables and large data sets; familiarity with Power BI, Anaplan or similar planning and reporting tools is an advantage. • Experience in a multi-entity, high-volume operational business — logistics, distribution, e-commerce, retail or similar — is desirable but not essential. Skills & Competencies • Analytically curious — enjoys getting into the detail of the data and figuring out what it's really telling you. • Strong attention to detail and a methodical, well-organised approach to building and checking models and reports. • A clear communicator, comfortable presenting analysis to your Finance Business Partner and, increasingly, to non-finance stakeholders. • Proactive and deadline-driven — able to manage the competing demands of the month-end, forecast and budget cycle without losing quality. Division InPost UK Offices Department Finance Locations Edinburgh Office Remote status Hybrid Employment type Contract