Finance Analyst

To deliver high‑quality financial analysis, modelling and insight that supports effective decision‑making across Greene King’s Trading function. The role translates complex trading and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations, enabling strong financial control, value creation and responsive commercial performance in a fast‑paced environment.

Company Description

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.

Additional Information

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

Qualifications

Your role

• As the group Procurement Function migrates to a Trading function, expanding its responsibilities, so must our finance support evolve. This role will provide analysis or the Trading function, covering food, drink, GNFR and machines procurement, food menu development and trading responses. This will be a fast-paced environment with a high degree of variability.
• Build relationships across the Commercial and Finance functions.
• Prioritise workload based on commerciality and be comfortable with not being able to meet all requests
• Data, insight and reporting
• Producing first rate commercial analysis which will be clear, concise and insight focused. The role holder will be expected to add to collective responsibility for the entire Commercial Finance team’s analysis and reporting environment, constantly stiving for improved quality.
• Production of regular reporting, including tracking of procurement performance, margin analysis and variances to budget.
• Support the modelling of scenarios and post investment appraisal with an outcome focus. This will include fast paced responses to trading situations, estimating both the profit and cash impact.
• Utilise both financial and non-financial inputs to draw conclusions, and with an awareness of cash flow.
• Financial control
• Support production of budgets, forecasts and strategic plans (together “financial plans”) or parts thereof for areas of Greene King’s Trading offering. This is likely to include collective responsibility for areas of financial plans alongside peers.

What You’ll Bring…

• Have a service centric mindset, prioritising our ultimate and immediate customers.
• Take responsibility for personal development.
• Prioritise workload based on the commercial impact. Constantly review priorities to ensure they align with the business.
• Part or newly qualified accountant or data analyst with > 2y experience in an analysis and reporting focused role, ideally with procurement or trading experience.
• Moderate experience in large dataset analysis, management and visualisation preferred.
• Exposure to the development of reporting solutions. Experience of developing in a BI environment is preferred.
• Ability to flex with changing priorities
• Able to form and develop relationships across the wider Greene King business
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, able to explain and present technical items in simple ways
• Critical mindset.