Finance Analyst

  • Randstad Finance
  • City, Manchester
  • Jan 15, 2026
Seasonal Banking

Job Description

We are partnering with a market leading digital travel company in their search for a Finance Analyst within their Financial Planning & Analysis team. This role is based in Manchester, and will run for 3 months initially, offering hybrid working (1 day per week in the office) and a day rate of up to 358 per day via umbrella (or PAYE equivalent) for the right candidate.

As the Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for:

  • Creating variance analysis comparing performance of KPIs with agreed targets and budgets
  • Support business decision making through exploring business questions using data analysis and visualisation
  • Support the business by providing information and insight into past, current and potential future trading activities, highlighting opportunities and risks to improve business performance
  • Support on rebates analysis - tracking performance, producing reconciliations, reporting to finance, producing scenario analysis to assist with profitability decisions
  • Build & maintain regular reporting
  • Develop efficient, automated reporting as requested by the business on an ad hoc basis
  • Maintain key reports, metrics and workflows running within their scope
  • Support the business planning processes by forecasting the relevant KPI performance
  • Support on commercially focused projects, providing relevant insights, reporting and financial impact information

This role could be right for you if you have:

  • 1-2 years of data processing experience (SQL, Hadoop, Excel etc.)
  • 2+ years experience within a financial analyst role for a large organisation
  • Commercial experience using data visualisation skills (Power BI, Tableau, Excel etc.)
  • Ability to effectively develop strong stakeholder relationships at all levels of the business

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003