As a Finance Operations Analyst at Kainos, you will own and lead the management of the day-to-day financial processes within the Healthcare Sector. 

This will drive improvements to processes including sales, revenue forecasting, month-end closure and analysis, profitability and working capital etc. The role will support the management team and wider business unit improving data output and timely business decision making. 

Your key responsibilities will include: 

Month end – backlog 

• Driving compliance and improvement of the month end closure process including, but not limited to, timesheet submissions, invoicing and P&L narratives  

• Analysis of margins, effective rate, utilisation, non-project time etc. Identify any issues and make recommendations for improvements. Work with the operations manager to implement improvements. 

• Own oversight of all 3rd party costs, invoicing and rebilling to customers as per contracts 

• Review backlog for errors, identify issues and take corrective action 

Account reviews 

• Prepare data for account reviews, identify trends, challenge delivery managers and use the output to drive business improvements.  

• Collate reporting outcomes from account reviews and prepare summary data for the SLT 

Revenue and Profit Forecasting  

• Lead on initiatives to drive improvements to monthly sector revenue forecasting  

• Provide analysis and interpretation of data, effective rate, utilisation etc that will feed into the profit forecast cycle 

Process improvements 

• Manage and develop relationships within the Healthcare sector delivery teams to drive process improvements for example; revenue forecasting, WIP etc. 

• Drive analysis on KPI data, present findings and recommendations to the Operations Manager/Sector leadership team and take corrective action(s) 

• Contribute to the development of sector strategy, leveraging financial insights to drive business growth. 

Staffing 

• Analyse staff utilisation (current and forecasted) providing support for corrective action 

• Understand partner agreements, cost/sell rates and invoicing from partners to provide guidance and challenge to delivery teams 

• Build and manage relationships with other teams for example, Central Services 

Other 

• Lead continuous improvement and refinement of operational processes within Healthcare and engage with other sectors to identify and implement best practice across the BU 

• Other ad hoc financial and operational tasks as they arise  

Minimum (Essential) requirements: 

• Advanced Excel skills with experience in leading financial operations and process improvement initiatives  

• Demonstrated ability in influencing and challenging stakeholders 

• Meticulous attention to detail with the ability to understand and interpret data 

• Willingness to learn new things and an ability and desire to drive initiatives forward 

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial information to all  

• Ability to work to tight deadlines 

• Good team player 

Desirable 

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Professional Services or Finance Team environment 

• Strong commercial awareness within a professional services environment 

• Qualified accountant (CA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc) or equivalent relevant experience