Senior Finance Analyst - Global Portfolio and Sustainability

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Company Description

Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection's threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place.

Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.

Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,000 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.

This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.

Job Description

Financial Analyst - Portfolio & Sustainability - Smiths Detection

The individual will support the financial management of the division's portfolio and sustainability activities, working closely with the Finance Director, Portfolio, Innovation, Digital and Sustainability. The role will include responsibility for sustainability reporting as well as a requirement to drive and initiate other sustainability initiatives. It will also include responsibility for reporting marketing results and financial modelling as part of the strategic planning cycle.

The key responsibilities are as follows -

Portfolio, Innovation and Digital

• Participate in Product Lifecycle Gate reviews: Challenge stakeholders on the financial performance of products whilst providing strategic options for portfolio improvements.
• Financial modelling: Build out 5 year financial plan models through the strategic planning cycle
• Resourcing: Providing support, on a regular basis, to assessments of whether the business has sufficiently aligned its marketing resources to achieve its strategic and commercial objectives.
• Management & Financial Information: Build and present financial dashboards showing actual and forecasted spend and revenue and preparation of monthly functional financial performance reports.
• Strategic Projects: Participate in financial requirements for ad hoc strategic projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop strong relationships with the marketing management team and local finance teams to support close interaction between the functions.
• Portfolio scorecards: Collate and drive key metrics on portfolio performance to facilitate sales and improve margins

Sustainability

• Sustainability reporting: Gathering data from multiple sources and stakeholders to ensure the division meets its sustainability reporting requirements.
• Sustainability projects: Initiate and contribute to sustainability projects to ensure the Division reaches its net zero initiatives.
• Stakeholder management: Present the division's progress on sustainability objectives to the Group VP of Sustainability, highlighting risks and opportunities to reduce emissions.
• Target tracking: Help the division reach its sustainability targets and drive accountability when targets are at risk.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills/experience -

• 4+ Years postgraduate experience in a similar role
• A passion for sustainability
• Excellent communication skills and influencing skills. The position needs to work across a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, using historical financial information, strategic plan or forecast data. Record of delivering business performance improvement is a plus.
• Comfortable working with different cultures.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience of dealing with large organisations and consolidations is an advantage.
• As sustainability qualification is an advantage, but not essential.
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACMA) is an advantage but not essential.

About Smiths

At Smiths we apply leading-edge technology to design, manufacture and deliver market-leading innovative solutions that meet our customers' evolving needs, and touch the lives of millions of people every day. We are a FTSE100, global business of around 15,000 colleagues, based in 50+ countries. Our solutions have a real impact on lives across the planet, enabling industry, improving healthcare, enhancing security, advancing connectivity and supporting new homes. Our products and services are often critical to our customers' operations, while our proprietary technology and high service levels help create competitive advantage. We welcome colleagues with a curious mind, who are happy with responsibility, enjoy a challenge and are attracted by the idea of working at a business with a 170+ year history of innovation, and five global divisions, all experts in their field.

Diversity & Inclusion

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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We offer...

Join us and we'll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You'll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You'll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career's website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)