Finance Analyst

The Finance Analyst provides assistance to the Finance, Business and Investment Senior Manager in all aspects of financial and commercial processes in Virgin Unite, including the preparation of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting and balance sheet reconciliations.

Our Virgin Family

Join the Virgin Group – a diverse collective driving change, enhancing customer experience, and having a blast. We're daring, disrupting industries from finance to space, united as part of the Virgin Family.

Virgin Management, the heart of Virgin, fosters the brand globally. Our diverse, 180-strong team in London and New York, every facet of the Virgin empire, including Virgin Unite, our entrepreneurial foundation, and Virgin Start-Up, empowering UK entrepreneurs. Working in alliance with various Virgin entities globally, our interests are as diverse as travel, health, music, media, finance, and space. Our unique work culture and purpose unite us.

Virgin Unite, Virgin Group's charitable foundation, inspires action. We fuel radical association to the unacceptable. Our overheads, covered by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, ensure 100% of donations fuel our initiatives.

Our mission:

To create a thriving world through entrepreneurial initiatives. Our work revolves around:

• Incubating bold collectives
• Backing entrepreneurial solutions
• Convening purposeful communities
• testing unacceptable issues

Tell me more

• Assisting the Finance, Business and Investment Senior Manager in providing comprehensive financial reporting to Virgin Unite and other ad hoc activities as needed including preparing monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Assisting the Finance, Business and Investment Senior Manager in commercial activities for the Constellation including sponsoring preparations for the Trading Company Board
• Supporting the Finance, Business and Investment Senior Manager in the annual insurance renewals process, maintaining the insurance tracker and acting as a point of contact for insurance queries internally
• General Ledger maintenance for the Virgin Unite entities.
• Transaction Processing and accounts payable for the UK and US entities
• Maintaining an accurate up-to-date reserves position consolidated across all Unite entities
• Completing month end and year end processes including journals and balance sheet reconciliations, including reserves
• Prepare project budgets and report on actuals against budget, detailing reserves and project cash reconciliations working with Unite programme .
• Prepare financial statements and disclosures for Virgin Unite entities
• Supporting the Finance, Business and lnvestment Senior Manager in the audit process, preparing annual accounts and drafting of the annual report for the compilation of the audit files for UK, US and consolidated group, acting as main contact person for audit queries
• Continually improving processes in order to drive efficiency.

What you’ll need

• AAT qualified, or part qualified ACCA / ACA / CIMA
• Detailed data and financial analysis.
• Preparation of financial reports, providing a clear narrative to stakeholders
• Use of finance systems ( NetSuite)
• Accounts payable and supplier management and comprehension of VAT
• Balance sheet reconciliations and journals
• Experience of following financial controls and processes and making continuous improvements
• Experience of preparing financial statements
• Experience of preparing presentation materials for management teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Exposure to charity-specific finance environment

The extra details

Role type: Permanent

Location: London hub (1-2 days per week) & your home space

Working hours: Full time - We embrace flexible working. Let us know what hours empower you to be at your best both professionally and personally, we’ll try to find a perfect match for you and us.

Benefits: Dive into a fast-paced, evolving workspace, where your hard work and dedication is rewarded. Fancy unlimited holidays and weekly yoga? That's the Virgin way. We advocate inclusion, wellbeing, and purposeful points strategies. Further benefits include flexible working, healthcare, dental schemes, pension contributions and an employee rewards scheme.

Closing date: 19 April 2024

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