Financial Analyst – Budgeting & Business Cases

Role: • We are looking for a financial analyst to support annual budgeting, consolidated financial planning, business-case development, and expenditure review. • You will work with finance and business teams across several divisions, helping them prepare accurate budget submissions, evaluate financial assumptions, and support structured funding decisions. • You will gain hands-on experience across the budgeting cycle—from divisional submissions and consolidated review to financial modelling, business cases, and expenditure consideration. Responsibilities: • Support business divisions in preparing their annual budgets. • Review budget assumptions, supporting documents, and submitted figures. • Consolidate divisional budgets into the organisation-wide annual budget. • Develop and review business cases, financial models, and expenditure proposals. • Analyse costs, benefits, risks, and financial assumptions. • Work with finance and non-finance stakeholders to clarify submissions and resolve discrepancies. • Support the review of CAPEX and OPEX proposals where applicable. • Coordinate Expenditure Review Committee meetings. • Prepare meeting materials, minutes, decisions, and action items. • Maintain accurate financial schedules, working files, and supporting documentation. • Support other finance and budgeting initiatives aligned with the role. Required Skills: • A recognised degree qualification. • Relevant experience in budgeting, financial planning and analysis, management accounting, or finance business partnering. • Hands-on experience supporting annual budget preparation. • Experience reviewing, consolidating, or analysing budget submissions. • Exposure to at least one of the following: business-case development; financial modelling; cost-benefit analysis; CAPEX or OPEX proposals; or expenditure evaluation. • Experience using MS Excel for budgeting, reconciliation, and financial analysis. • Ability to communicate financial information clearly in written and spoken English. • Ability to work effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders. • Strong accuracy in checking figures, assumptions, formulas, and supporting documents. • Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines, follow through on commitments, and raise issues early.