Finance Support Analyst

This is a remote position.

Role Purpose

The Finance Support Analyst is responsible for maintaining strong financial hygiene across the Company through accurate, timely, and policy aligned financial administration, reporting, and analysis.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring that group and state financial data is clean, consistent, and reliable, enabling the CEO, COO and ELT to make informed commercial decisions. The role also acts as a control point for financial discipline, holding State Directors accountable for the quality and timeliness of financial inputs.

1. Financial Administration & Bookkeeping

·       Maintain accurate general accounting records across group and state entities

·       Process accounts payable transactions in line with approval limits and policy

·       Ensure invoices, expenses, and payments are coded correctly and consistently

·       Maintain bookkeeping records that align to chart of accounts and reporting standards

·       Reconcile financial data regularly to ensure completeness and accuracy

2. Manual P&L Management & Financial Hygiene

·       Maintain manual P&L trackers to supplement system reporting

·       Ensure P&L data is kept current and reconciled on a regular cadence

·       Identify inconsistencies, errors, or gaps between systems and manual reporting

·       Escalate discrepancies early with clear recommendations for resolution

·       Support continuous improvement of P&L structures and reporting formats

3. Financial Reporting & Insights

·       Prepare regular financial reports for the CEO and COO, including

·       Group level financial performance

·       State based P&L summaries

·       Variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods

·       Highlight areas where financial metrics are off track, deteriorating, or at risk

·       Provide insight into cost drivers, margin movements, and revenue trends

·       Support financial reporting for

·       ELT meetings

·       Group forums

·       State leadership meetings

4. State Director Financial Accountability

·       Act as the central point of coordination for state level financial inputs

·       Set clear expectations on timelines, data requirements, and accuracy standards

·       Follow up with State Directors on missing, late, or inaccurate information

·       Validate state financial data before inclusion in group reporting

·       Escalate ongoing issues of non compliance or data quality to the COO

5. Governance, Policy & Controls

·       Ensure financial activity aligns with approved policies and procedures

·       Monitor compliance with expense, approval, and payment policies

·       Flag potential breaches, inconsistencies, or emerging risks

·       Support the ongoing refinement and documentation of finance processes

·       Act as a control layer between operational teams and executive reporting

6. Executive & ELT Support

·       Provide financial data and insights to support strategic discussions

·       Prepare financial packs, dashboards, and summaries for ELT meetings

·       Respond to ad hoc financial requests from the CEO and COO

·       Ensure ELT reporting is consistent, accurate, and decision focused

·       Support scenario analysis and basic forecasting as required

7. Continuous Improvement & Data Integrity

·       Identify opportunities to streamline finance processes and reporting

·       Improve data accuracy, consistency, and usability over time

·       Support integration of finance data with other shared services reporting

·       Contribute to building scalable finance practices as the group grows

·       Document improvements and embed repeatable ways of working

·       Authority & Decision Rights

·       Authority to request financial data and clarification from State Directors

·       Authority to enforce timelines and data quality standards

·       Authority to escalate issues impacting financial accuracy or governance

·       No authority to approve payments beyond documented policy thresholds

Requirements

·       Experience in finance support, bookkeeping, or accounting roles

·       Exposure to multi entity or multi business financial environments

·       Experience working in a shared services or centralized finance model preferred

·       Experience supporting senior leaders with financial reporting desirable