Junior Finance Cost Business Partner

Discover Financial
Nottingham
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Analytical thinking","Continuous improvement","Stakeholder management"]

Provide end-to-end finance cost support to Shared Service areas by ensuring accurate, timely month-end close, maintaining outlooks and journals, and producing monthly reporting with variance analysis. Partner with business stakeholders and Finance to communicate risks and opportunities, streamline processes through automation and efficiencies, and contribute to cross-departmental FP&A projects with senior stakeholders. Use tools such as OneStream, Workday, and Google Sheets to drive repeatable improvements.

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Discover Financial
Discover Financial
1 week ago

Junior Finance Cost Business Partner

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Job Summary

Provide end-to-end finance cost support to Shared Service areas by ensuring accurate, timely month-end close, maintaining outlooks and journals, and producing monthly reporting with variance analysis. Partner with business stakeholders and Finance to communicate risks and opportunities, streamline processes through automation and efficiencies, and contribute to cross-departmental FP&A projects with senior stakeholders. Use tools such as OneStream, Workday, and Google Sheets to drive repeatable improvements.
Location: Nottingham
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Complete month-end activity accurately and on time, including monthly reporting, variance analysis and commentary, outlooks, and journals.
  • •Synthesize and simplify financial and non-financial data to build clear business context for stakeholders.
  • •Partner with key stakeholders to produce monthly outlooks and annual budget reports, communicating risks and opportunities.
  • •Streamline monthly processes by identifying efficiency gains and automation opportunities.
  • •Work with senior stakeholders and FP&A managers on cross-departmental, high-impact projects and investment optimization.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Pension SchemeAnnual BonusHoliday EntitlementPrivate MedicalSeason-ticket LoansCycle ToParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use tools like OneStream and Google Sheets to build repeatable solutions for monthly processes.
  • •Advanced Google Sheets/Excel skills, with any coding experience as a plus.
  • •Clear desire to develop coding skills to support day-to-day FP&A work (leveraging AI).
  • •Strong communication skills to build relationships quickly with junior and senior stakeholders.
  • •Studying towards an Accounting qualification is a plus, but not a requirement.
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationAnalytical thinkingContinuous improvementStakeholder management
Tech Stack:OneStreamWorkdayGoogle SheetsMicrosoft OfficeExcelAI

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
WebsiteLinkedIn