Logistics Analyst, Finance Analyst in Angel Square, Manchester (M4), Co-op Group

Logistics Finance Analyst. Logistics Finance Analyst Salary: Up to £40,000 + excellent benefits Location: Manchester city centre. In a rapidly changing retail landscape, our logistics finance team plays a crucial role in supporting the stores to deliver in an environment where competition is fierce and customers, quite rightly, demand more than ever. The team provides the analysis that allows us to run the warehouse operations efficiently, continue to innovate and further improve the service we offer to the store network. We're now looking for a logistics finance analyst to further support our work. If you can bring us the financial expertise that we're looking for, we can offer you the chance to develop your skills and build a career with a business that puts people at the heart of its strategy. Reporting into the logistics finance manager, you'll support the wider logistics finance team and logistics operations teams developing enhanced insight reporting and data that will help to optimise business performance. Working collaboratively with the business, we'll look for you to help improve project tracking, cost control, forecasting and budgeting models, as well as applying new techniques to support processes. What you'll do: build working business relationships with internal partners provide critical insight for the business on operational performance support the development of enhanced data insight that will inform decisions apply new techniques to improve project tracking, cost control, budgeting and forecasting models, including external benchmarking challenge decisions based on data and insight that you'll report on identify and recommend potential improvements to help optimise the performance of the logistics operation provide technical and professional advice and guidance to managers To get going quickly in this role, we'll look for you to be a qualified accountant or close to your full qualification. With numerous data sources and metrics to review and report on, you'll have great analytical skills and be able to manipulate data easily. How you present this information is also important. So you'll have loads of examples of how you've previously presented complex information in a precise and conclusive way. A big part of your role will be to challenge and influence various decisions with internal partners, so you'll need to be confident in doing so, and show us how you've previously done this. We'd love to talk to you if: you're a recently qualified accountant or working to complete your full qualification you can analyse and manipulate complex data sets you're able to present information in a conclusive and concise way, easily getting your point across you can provide reasoning and knowledge on reports you're able to easily build and engage relationships with internal partners you're confident to challenge and influence business decisions you enjoy working towards tight deadlines and managing priorities you've ideally worked within a big retail / distribution organisation previously. Why Co-op? 173 years ago a group of Rochdale pioneers came up with an idea that changed the world. They believed that when people work together, they're stronger. And when you join the Co-op, you'll become part of an organisation where principles are just as important as profits. You'll also get a competitive salary, and a benefits package that includes 27 days holiday, an annual incentive scheme, discounts on all kinds of products and services, and an amazing pension. We want to change the world all over again. Join us, and help to rebuild an iconic British brand. We're committed to promoting equality and preventing discrimination at work. We know that simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and we recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve. We're actively building diverse, inclusive teams, and we welcome applications from all people. Contact: The Co-Operative Group Reference: Totaljobs/170005FA Job ID: 77796726.