Senior Financial Analyst

Company: Ivy Rock Partners Limited
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Location: London
Job Description:

Ivy Rock Partners is delighted to be working with a leading London university to recruit a Senior Finance Analyst to join its central finance team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified finance professional with strong financial planning, analysis and reporting experience to play a key role in supporting strategic decision-making across a large, complex organisation.

Working closely with senior finance leadership, you will be responsible for developing high-quality financial reporting, managing complex datasets and producing insightful analysis to support budgeting, forecasting and longer-term financial planning.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Preparing monthly management accounts, financial forecasts and reports for senior leadership and governance committees.
  • Developing financial models, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support strategic decision-making.
  • Supporting the annual budgeting process and multi-year financial planning.
  • Producing cash flow forecasts and analysing financial performance across the organisation.
  • Working closely with Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders to improve financial reporting and planning processes.
  • Supporting improvements to financial data structures, reporting systems and data integrity.
  • Contributing to wider finance transformation and continuous improvement projects.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).
  • Strong financial planning and analysis experience, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
  • Advanced Excel skills, with experience working with large datasets and developing financial models.
  • Experience preparing management information and financial reports for senior stakeholders.
  • Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear, meaningful insights.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with finance and non-finance colleagues.
  • The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate reporting to tight deadlines.

Experience within higher education or a similarly complex environment would be advantageous.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a broad range of strategic financial projects, gain exposure to senior leadership and contribute to the ongoing development of financial planning and reporting processes.

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Posted: November 9th, 2026