FINANCIAL SCHEME ANALYST/ MANCHESTER/ PERMANENT / HYBRID /£50,000-£55,000 PLUS BENEFITS

About the Team / Role

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company looking to forge the way in a rapidly changing environment, with a goal to simplify the business of doing business for our customers, freeing them to spend more time, with less worry, on the things they love. We are on a journey to build consistent world class user experience across our products and services and leverage customer driven innovation across all of our strategic initiatives.

We are currently looking for a highly motivated and analytical Financial Scheme Analyst to join our growing finance team. This role will play a crucial part in our financial planning and analysis, helping to drive strategic decisions by providing key insights into our performance, with specific focus on schemes.

What’s on offer?

• Highly competitive salary between £50,000-£55,000 (dependant on experience)

• Annual company bonus

• 40 hour week – Monday to Friday

• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in rather our London or Manchester offices)

• Industry leading pension scheme

• Private Medical

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays

• Life assurance

• Income protection

• Gym Flex membership

• Discounts & perks platform

• Employee wellbeing

How you’ll make an impact

• Financial Modeling: Build intermediate to advanced financial models from the ground up to support scenario and sensitivity analysis for various financial outcomes.

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Collaborate with key stakeholders to prepare accurate financial forecasts and annual budgets, ensuring alignment with our regional analysts.

• Performance Analysis: Analyze monthly actuals against budgets and forecasts. Develop a deep understanding of key drivers, such as volume, rate & mix and customer economics, to provide clear explanations for variances.

• Contractual Analysis: Gain an understanding of contractual obligations with schemes to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.

• Process Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities to improve and automate current reporting processes. Demonstrate an openness to new ideas and a willingness to implement process changes that increase efficiency and accuracy.

• Scheme Reconciliation: Accurately reconcile scheme volumes to ensure precise invoicing of schemes and proper accrual of associated fees and incentives.

• Risk & Opportunity Analysis: Leverage monthly financial results and performance data to forecast potential financial opportunities and risks, providing actionable insights to senior management.

Experience you’ll bring

• Ideally fully qualified, Part Qualified or Qualified by experience

• A fundamental understanding of core financial concepts, including P&L and balance sheets and accrual accounting.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a meticulous attention to detail.

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to create complex financial models and manipulate large datasets.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present complex financial data clearly to non-finance stakeholders.

• A self-starter with a proactive approach to problem-solving and a desire to learn and grow within the finance sector.

What’s next?

If you feel that you have the necessary skills to be our new Financial Scheme Analyst please APPLY TODAY for immediate consideration.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/ belief, sexual orientation, or age

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately it is not possible to respond to each one individually, applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted within one week of applications.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received by WEX will be treated as a gift and will not be eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by the Talent Acquisition team.