JOB PURPOSE

The primary responsibility is to assist the finance and all other departments in the analysis of financial & statistical information including historic, current and estimated future performance and trends, also summarising information and supplying graphs/bar charts to enable easier understanding of issues and opportunities by the board and line managers. By proactive analysis and forecasting will add value and increase the company’s competitive advantage thereby maximising sales and profitability.

KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE JOB

Assist in the preparation of all budgets and forecasts as directed by the GFD.

Constantly review all statistical and financial information and reformat into user-friendly information that can be understood by non-financial colleagues.

Constantly reviewing the most effective and efficient methods of communicating key issues and trends to the appropriate managers.

Reviewing and reporting weekly, monthly and cumulative sales trends by various methods including store, region, division, company and category.

Reviewing and reporting monthly, quarterly, six-monthly and twelve-monthly store overall performance.

Analyse and summarise all store & customer key data including, lets, vacates, average size let, average length of stay and expenditure, also enquiries and conversion rates.

To implement and adhere to all policies, procedures and routines, whilst making sure that all requests are dealt with in a timely manner.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Reporting: Reporting in to the GFD, also accountable for reporting all pertinent matters relating to trends within the business, also meeting, briefing and supporting department heads.

Sales analysis and KPI: Oversee, benchmark, trend and analyse all key statistics, presenting information in a user friendly manner which will enable line managers to interpret and implement in the most effective manner.

Operations: Accounts & External audit: Review all data required by Operations in order to improve understanding of key performance indicators and enable fast and effective solutions as well as considered strategic analysis.

Marketing: Review all current methods of collecting and collating marketing information. Consider best methods for analysis and dissemination of information to Dept Managers.

Retail services and Property: Assist the departments in the collation, analysis and dissemination of information in order to improve effienciency and understanding.

Internal Control: Adhere to all policies, internal control procedures and routines. Responsibility for checking accuracy of all information relayed on all company analysis, through rigid controls.

IT/IS: Liase with the IT Dept on best methods of obtaining real time information.

Cash & Profitability: Regularly review and consider best methods for maximising profits through regular review and analysis of all costs and sales.

Graduate scheme start date: September 2022

Graduate Business Analyst - Safestore Graduate Scheme

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SALARY

£30000

LOCATION

Hertfordshire

CONTRACT TYPE

Graduate job (permanent)

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