# Graduate Finance Analyst

**Company:** [Grayce](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/jJkDadNWjt451D4vvHgNn6.md)
**Location:** Manchester, United Kingdom
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Early Careers - Business

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## Description

**About the Role**

As a **Finance Consultant**, you’ll play a vital role in supporting financial operations and decision-making across the business. You’ll work on a variety of projects that require strong analytical skills and a commitment to building a career in finance. This role offers hands-on experience with complex financial processes and data analysis.

Please note - this role forms part of our **Business** pathway, please therefore apply through this page

**What You’ll Do as a Finance Consultant**

You’ll support financial operations and transformation activity through responsibilities such as:

-   **Budgeting & Forecasting:** Assisting with budget preparation, monitoring in-year performance and analysing financial trends
-   **Financial Reporting:** Producing clear, accurate and insightful financial reports for senior stakeholders
-   **Data Analysis:** Interpreting financial data to identify risks, opportunities and improvement areas
-   **Controls & Governance:** Supporting compliance, audit readiness and financial assurance activities
-   **Business Partnering:** Working with operational teams to understand their financial needs and ensure strong financial decision‑making
-   **Project Support:** Contributing to finance‑related workstreams within wider organisational change programmes

**Why Grayce?**

Grayce specialises in driving change and transformation for some of the world’s most ambitious organisations. For over a decade, we've partnered with FTSE 100 and 250 companies to deliver impactful results by developing and deploying high-performing talent in the UK and beyond.

Our **Accelerated Development Programme** is designed to launch the careers of recent graduates eager to make an impact. We offer a fast-track route to expertise, allowing you to gain hands-on experience with one of our impressive clients in a variety of flexible roles such as Financial Analysis, Business Analysis, Project Management, Data Analysis and DevOps.

With your specialism in Finance, you will have a tailored learning development journey bespoke to your role, meaning you are prepared for whatever the day throws at you, whilst learning key skills and gaining industry specific accreditations along the way.

**Join Grayce and accelerate your career!**

**What makes a great Grayce Consultant?**

**Education:** A minimum 2:1 degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline (or strong finance work experience if not degree-qualified).

**Technical Knowledge:**

-   Strong data analysis skills.
-   Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
-   Power BI experience is a plus.

**Analytical Problem Solving:** Ability to interpret financial data and provide actionable insights.

**Soft Skills:**

-   Commitment to a finance career and professional qualification.
-   Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
-   Proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to learn.

## Requirements

-   Minimum 2:1 or above in  Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline (or strong finance work experience if not degree-qualified).
-   Ability to work on site 5 days a week. (As a consultancy, we deliver services directly to our clients, meaning much of your work will be based on-site within their teams. This is a key part of your development and early career success.)
-   Right to work in the UK unsponsored for the duration of the programme.