William Grant & Sons
Finance Analyst
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Financial Analyst - Operations Finance
We are looking for a Financial Analyst to join the Operations Finance team at William Grant & Sons' Girvan site. Working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you'll partner with colleagues across Operations and the wider business to provide meaningful financial insight, financial controls and practical support that helps drive performance.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your finance career, gaining exposure to operational reporting, budgeting and forecasting. You'll work closely with stakeholders at all levels, turning financial data into actionable insights that support decision-making, improve efficiency and contribute to the success of our site operations.
What We Can Offer You
- Competitive salary and benefits designed to promote our employees' financial wellbeing.
- Eligibility to participate in a bonus plan.
- Generous holiday entitlement with an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Defined contribution pension plan with company contributions based on employee contributions.
- Employee Assistance Programme offering practical, impartial support on a range of issues.
- Life Assurance cover of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation to enjoy our portfolio of brands.
- Cycle to Work scheme allowing savings of at least 25%.
- Opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for charity donations.
- Learning resources to support personal development.
Main Responsibilities
- Partner with operational teams to provide financial insight and analysis that supports effective decision-making and business performance.
- Develop a strong understanding of operational activities, key performance drivers and risks, translating financial results into clear business insights.
- Prepare, analyse and review monthly financial performance reports, including operational costs, overheads and key performance indicators, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely and informative.
- Deliver robust variance analysis, identifying trends, risks and opportunities while supporting operational teams to understand and address performance drivers.
- Produce financial analysis and modelling to support business cases, investment decisions, cost-saving initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
- Support the development and delivery of budgets, forecasts and long-term financial plans in line with business objectives and governance requirements.
- Maintain strong financial controls and data integrity, ensuring compliance with company policies, financial standards and statutory obligations.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting, processes and data management, helping drive efficiency, consistency, automation and enhanced business insight.
- Contribute to finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Our Ideal Candidate
- Strong analytical skills, good attention to detail and the ability to communicate financial information clearly.
- Ability to build positive working relationships, offering constructive challenge and practical recommendations to help drive performance.
- A continuous improvement mindset to look for opportunities to enhance reporting and processes.
- Experience in finance, reporting, planning or business partnering would be advantageous.
- Motivated by working together with others to support performance, governance and improvement across our Girvan operations.
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About William Grant & Sons
A Home for Rare Characters
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
Our Agile Working Philosophy
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day every day”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
Inclusive Recruitment Process
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
This vacancy is being advertised directly by William Grant & Sons. Unauthorised copying, reposting, or distribution of this advert by job boards, aggregators, or recruitment agencies is not permitted without prior written approval.
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