Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Technology & Change Finance Analyst

• 6-month FTC*

Location: Manchester - Hybrid

Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment?

We're looking for a Senior Technology & Change Finance Analyst to provide high-quality financial insight across a major technology and transformation portfolio. Working within a supportive finance team, you'll help senior stakeholders understand where money is being invested, whether programmes are delivering value and how decisions will affect costs, benefits and EBITDA.

This is an excellent opportunity for a part-qualified accountant who wants to move beyond traditional reporting and build experience across technology investment, business change and senior stakeholder partnering.

What you'll be doing

• Deliver financial planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis across technology costs, investments and change programmes.
• Provide clear, meaningful insight that helps senior leaders make informed commercial decisions.
• Track project expenditure, investment delivery and benefit realisation across the change portfolio.
• Review and challenge project business cases, including costs, assumptions, benefits, risks and expected returns.
• Assess the financial impact of programme risks, scope changes, opportunities and system implementations.
• Support month-end and forecasting processes, working closely with Controllership to maintain strong financial governance.
• Partner with Technology, Change and Finance stakeholders to identify cost efficiencies and EBITDA improvements.
• Support major system implementations, operating model changes and process redesign initiatives.
• Improve reporting, forecasting models, controls and processes to provide greater visibility of financial performance.

What we're looking for

You'll be a part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA accountant with strong analytical skills and the confidence to work with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

You'll also bring

• Experience of financial planning, forecasting, reporting and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong PowerPoint capability.
• The ability to turn complex financial information into clear, straightforward insight.
• Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• A proactive, self-starting approach with a strong sense of urgency and follow-through.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Confidence challenging assumptions and building credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Resilience and adaptability within a changing, sometimes ambiguous environment.
• A collaborative approach across Finance, Technology, Change and the wider business.

Experience supporting technology teams, transformation programmes, process improvements or system implementations would be particularly valuable.

Why join?

This role offers exposure to a significant technology investment portfolio and the opportunity to influence how strategic change is delivered. You'll gain broad experience across financial analysis, business partnering, transformation and investment governance, while working with senior stakeholders across the organisation.

It's an ideal next step for an ambitious finance analyst looking to develop into a broader finance business partnering or technology finance role.