Senior Analyst, EMEA&AP

Role Purpose

The Senior Analyst will play a key role in strengthening financial integrity, reporting accuracy, and control effectiveness across the business. This role combines hands‑on audit and analytics expertise with deep NetSuite and Excel capability, and a strong focus on process optimisation, automation, and data‑driven insights.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Finance, Audit, and Business stakeholders to support audits, enhance reporting, and continuously improve financial processes and controls.

Key Responsibilities

Audit & Controls

• Act as a key finance partner to internal and external statutory audit, supporting planning, walkthroughs, testing, and remediation activities
• Prepare, review, and maintain audit documentation, including process narratives, risk assessments, and control matrices
• Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and risks, and drive remediation plans through to completion
• Support internal controls and compliance requirements (where applicable)

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Produce and review management, audit, and regulatory reports ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• Perform detailed variance analysis, trend analysis, and root‑cause investigations
• Develop and maintain robust Excel models, dashboards, and reconciliations using advanced functionality
• Partner with FP&A, Accounting, and Operations teams to deliver meaningful financial insights

NetSuite & Systems

• Act as a NetSuite subject‑matter expert supporting reporting, saved searches, dashboards, and data extraction
• Support month‑end and year‑end processes within NetSuite, ensuring data integrity and audit readiness
• Identify opportunities to improve how NetSuite is used for reporting, controls, and efficiency
• Partner with systems and IT teams on enhancements, new functionality, and testing

Process Improvement & Automation

• Lead and support process improvement initiatives across finance and audit workflows
• Identify opportunities for standardisation, automation, and efficiency gains
• Improve documentation, controls, and reporting processes to reduce manual effort and errors
• Support change management and training linked to improved processes

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with senior finance leaders and non‑finance stakeholders
• Translate complex financial and audit matters into clear, practical recommendations
• Provide guidance and coaching to junior accountants when required

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Significant experience in a senior finance, audit, or financial analysis role
• Strong practical experience with NetSuite (reporting, saved searches, reconciliations, audit support), in particular experience with the ARM module within NetSuite.
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, Power Query, Power Pivot, complex formulas, large data sets)
• Strong audit mindset with experience supporting internal and/or external audits
• Proven ability to analyse large volumes of financial data and identify issues and trends
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement and control enhancement
• Excellent attention to detail with strong organisational skills
• Confident communicator with the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders
• Experience in multi‑entity, multi‑currency, or international environments

Desirable / Nice to Have

• Qualified or part‑qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Experience with reporting or BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Experience with automation tools (e.g. Excel VBA, system workflows, reporting automation)
• Prior experience in a fast‑paced, transformation, or scale‑up environment

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, curious, and improvement‑focused
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving change
• Strong problem‑solving mindset
• Collaborative and able to work across functions
• High integrity with a strong sense of ownership and accountability