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Finance Analyst
Finance Analyst
Job Title: Finance Analyst
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract for 6 Months
Salary: £38,056.41 Per Annum (£41,891.59 after 12 months of successful performance)
Working Hours: 35 hours per week Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, Hybrid Location: Speke, Liverpool
About the Role
If you share Riverside’s values and are excited about making a significant impact, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet all the essential criteria.
Note: Riverside holds a Sponsorship Licence, but for the period of this position, we cannot sponsor external candidates. Only applicants with existing valid UK work permission may apply.
The Difference You Will Make
As a Finance Analyst, you will:
- Undertake routine financial analysis to support business decision-making and operational activity.
About You – Key Requirements
We’re looking for someone with:
- Flexibility to meet business demands
- Precision and decisiveness, combining keen attention to detail with the ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities
- Customer focus, strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to engage across all business levels
Why Riverside?
Riverside is a not-for-profit social housing and regeneration organisation dedicated to improving lives through:
- Affordable housing (over 75,000 homes nationwide)
- Homelessness services & social care
- Employment support & retirement living
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For 90 years, we’ve been transforming communities—and we need passionate individuals like you to continue this mission.
Working With Us — Benefits
- Competitive salary & generous pension
- 28 days holiday pay plus bank holidays
- Flexible working options
- Investment in learning, development & technology
- Comprehensive benefits package
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside
We are an inclusive employer, celebrating diversity in all forms:
- Equal opportunities for all colleagues and customers
- Ennected by resile принципы fair work
- As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews to applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum requirements.
Note: Applications may close early, so apply as soon as possible.
Role Profile
Core Responsibilities
- Perform routine financial planning, analysis, and reporting to support budgets, forecasts, and actual performance tracking
- Provide financial insights, interpreting trends, anomalies, and patterns, to inform business decisions
- Monitor variances in financial performance, ensuring up-to-date reporting for management
- Conduct modelling, scenario analysis, and business case development as a tool for strategic decision-making
- Validate and ensure data integrity—transparency and accuracy are critical to financial governance
- Support statutory, regulatory, or corporate reporting where necessary
- Manage internal customer relations, directing inquiries, and improving service efficiency cross-departmentally
- Respond to routine queries from internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance and timely solutions
- Drive continuous process improvements, contributing to operational excellence
- Uphold data protection and health & safety standards in line with organisational policies
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- Work flexibly, prioritising tasks, and occasionally performing ad-hoc duties to support operational needs.
Person Specification – Essential Criteria
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
✔ Flexibility – Able to adapt to evolving business needs ✔ Attention to detail – Deliver under pressure, meet tight deadlines ✔ Customer-centred approach, with strong written/verbal communication at all organisational levels ✔ Commercial awareness—focused on continuous improvement ✔ Comfortable in a matrix environment, working with diverse stakeholders
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