Countrywide is part of the Connells group, the UK’s largest estate agency and property services business incorporating many well-known high street brands: Hamptons, Abbotts, Bairstow Eves, Taylors Estate Agents, are but a few. The business analysis team is vital in providing timely robust reporting to a wide group of stakeholders to inform of business performance. The team provides a series of reports, both regular and ad hoc, across all our business segments of Sales, Lettings, New Homes & Mortgage Services.
As well as providing business with analysis the team is crucial to ensuring the data quality and integrity and supports the wider finance team with reporting and systems capability.
The role will be based in our head office at Caldecotte Lake Business Park, Milton Keynes but provides flexibility for an element of hybrid working.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Monthly & weekly reporting on both Financial and Statistical performance against budget and forecast
- Be first point of contact for finance and senior managers on financial/KPI and MI queries
- Assist with forecasts models across the business, that are coherent and provide sound starting point for amendment
- Working with the business to understand variances and advise impact on the business
- Support the production and development of KPI information and deal with issues arising as necessary
- Review data for anomalies and flag to the Data team and Business
- Make best use of and support database applications and analytical tools
Position Requirements
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to produce clear, concise reporting and present complex information simply
- Ability to work both on own initiative and as part of a team
- Highly motivated with focus on continuous process improvement
- A high level of organisational and planning skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise, to work to tight deadlines and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Ability to use technical software applications
Skills required
- Strong excel and data manipulation skills
- VBA macro (strongly preferable)
- SQL (preferable)
CF00161
Job Reference: CF00161
