Toluna - Financial Business Analyst

Toluna 

Toluna is a leading global research and insights provider working with top global brands. We empower clients to make smarter data-driven decisions. Combining our flexible platform, cutting-edge technology, expansive portfolio, and passionate experts, we simplify our clients' work and enable them to deliver greater business impact.

Toluna is the parent company of MetrixLab, Harris Interactive, GutCheck and KuRunData.

Metrix Lab

As a dynamic global market research and insights company, MetrixLab challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding insights. Their blend of evolving technology and passionate experts empowers both global and local brands to drive maximum impact. Metrixlab fosters partnerships that fuel sustainable and equitable growth. From creative testing to brand tracking, packaging optimization to e-commerce solutions, their versatile suite of solutions caters to diverse budgets, timelines, and business needs.

Financial Business Analyst

We're looking for a Financial Business Analyst to join the wider Business Finance team  - which sits at the heart of strategic planning and decision making within the company. This role reports directly to the CFO, with significant leadership exposure into the Board.

Currently the wider Business Finance team has around 8 people across London and Rotterdam, with expertise in FP&A, pricing, forecasting and dashboards. We're looking for someone with a strategic skillset to come in and support analysis across the team, pulling together financial data, analysis and insight in support of the Board's agenda, as well as to help further strategic projects. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for candidates looking to leave consulting and go into industry - in an exciting, fast paced environment.

We would like this person to be in the office (London or Rotterdam) 2 days/week

What you'll be doing

This person will provide financial analysis on priority topics and provide high-quality input to strategic decision making by the Executive Team, Board of Directors and other key Leadership. Specifically, they will:

• Support Leadership agenda by providing financial analysis for strategic decision-making, pulling together internal and external data together, analysing and forming insights that will support decision making;
• Make presentations based on findings/insights and present to stakeholders to support the decision-making process within the Company.
• Work together with Analysts from other teams to create a dataset for performance management, monitoring progress against objectives and for continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

We're looking for candidates with 3-5 years consulting experience looking to move into industry. We're open to those who have already moved into industry also. Specifically, 

• Passionate about driving business growth and to improve business performance.
• 3+ years business analyst or financial analyst experience within consulting
• Excellent knowledge in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with other products such as PowerBI and Qlikview;
• Excellent written and verbal communication - being able to interpret the request and transform the numbers in an understandable form, as well as presenting the findings