Lead Finance Analyst

Description

• Turn data into insight: produce accurate, timely reports with clear, meaningful commentary.
• Lead and inspire your team: manage and develop Finance Analysts to achieve high performance and growth.
• Ensure integrity and compliance: maintain robust internal controls and support external reporting for key stakeholders, including the Department for Transport.
• Own financial planning: review and consolidate forecasting, reporting, and analysis for corporate functions.
• Drive smarter decisions: partner with corporate teams to influence cost, revenue, and service improvements.

Requirements

• Professional expertise: You’ll be a fully qualified accountant with CIMA, ACCA, or an equivalent qualification, ready to apply your knowledge to make a real impact.
• Advanced Excel skills: You’ll be comfortable working with complex data and building insightful models. Experience with SAP or similar systems? That’s a great bonus.
• Leadership experience: You’ll have led and developed teams before, and you’ll know how to build strong relationships across functions to drive collaboration and results.
• Strong technical foundations: You’ll understand accounting principles inside out and know how to manage financial close processes with accuracy and confidence.
• Analytical and influential: You’ll have the ability to turn numbers into meaningful stories and communicate them clearly, influencing decisions at every level of the organisation.

Benefits

• 10 free journeys on other First Group Train Operators
• Privilege Travel card (75% off other train operators fares for leisure travel)
• 30 days holiday rising by 1 for every completed year of service to a maximum of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Free travel on Avanti West Coast for you/spouse/partner/dependents
• Final salary pension

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance