Finance Intelligence Specialist

📢 Perch Group are recruiting for a Finance Intelligence Specialist who combines a finance background with a knack for data analysis . Could this be you?

At Perch Group, our vision is clear: to lead the UK debt purchase and collection industry by harnessing cutting-edge technology to drive ethical, efficient, and data-driven debt resolution.

Our annual mission is to empower hundreds of thousands of customers to positively engage with and resolve their outstanding debts. We do this through an empathetic and customer-centric approach that is at the heart of our success.

🚶Could this be the next step in your career?

We’re looking for someone to join our FP&A team during a pivotal moment in our transformation journey. As we move away from large Excel-based financial models and towards a modern data-warehouse-driven reporting environment, you will play a critical role in designing, validating, and embedding the next generation of finance data infrastructure.

This role is ideal for someone who sits at the intersection of finance and data, thrives in collaborative environments, and wants to build scalable, automated, insight-driven processes.

🗓 So, what will your day-to-day look like?

Data & Systems Transformation

• Support the creation and ongoing development of Perch Group’s new finance data warehouse, ensuring it meets all FP&A and wider finance requirements.
• Work closely with the Data team on data structures, tables, relationships and validation layers.
• Test, validate, and reconcile data feeds, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and suitability for financial modelling and reporting.
• Drive the automation of existing manual processes, enabling the team to focus on analysis rather than data preparation.
• Assist with evaluation and future implementation of an FP&A system

Reporting & Analytics

• Build, maintain and enhance Power BI dashboards using data from multiple systems and sources, for regular internal/external reporting and analysis.
• Translate financial concepts into visual, intuitive insight products for senior stakeholders.
• Develop automated reporting processes that support budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis and KPI tracking.

Financial Modelling & Analysis

• Support FP&A with modelling, analysis and month-end insight creation.
• Use advanced Excel skills to build and optimise models where required (while continuing the transition to automated solutions).
• Partner with the wider finance team to ensure data and reporting tools meet evolving business needs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with Data, Portfolio Analytics, Finance and Operational teams.
• Act as a finance data subject-matter expert, ensuring alignment between data structures and commercial/financial logic.
• Support ad-hoc analysis, business decision-making, and appraisal of new opportunities (experience with investments is helpful but not essential).

👆Does this sound like you?

• Experience working within a finance team, ideally in FP&A, reporting, or financial analysis.
• Comfortable working with large and complex datasets.
• Strong experience building Power BI dashboards and working with multiple data sources.
• Advanced Excel user (complex formulas, Power Query, modelling, automation).
• Experience with SQL, Python, Databricks.
• Demonstrated involvement in process improvement or automation initiatives.
• Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with or migrating to a data warehouse environment.
• Part-qualified or qualified in a finance-related qualification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with an FP&A system (such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Jedox), (desirable).
• Exposure to investments, debt portfolios or financial services (desirable).

⌛️ The Application Timeline

• A first stage video call with the internal recruitment team (15 minute call)

• A face to face or video call with the hiring manager (45 minutes- 60 minutes)

Typically, the average successful applicant will be within this timeline for 2-3 weeks.

Please note we will close this role once we have enough applications for the next stages therefore you should submit your application asap to avoid any disappointment.

If you do not receive a response after 3 weeks of applying, please assume you have been unsuccessful as we may experience a high volume of applications.

🎉 Why you should be EXCITED to apply...

💵 Competitive salary + up to 20% of your annual salary, paid as a bonus.

📍 This role is based can be based at our Blackpool or Manchester office.

🕰 37.5 hours per week. We offer flexible and hybrid working between our core hours of 8am- 6pm, Monday to Friday.

🎓 The opportunity to complete formal qualifications and learn on the job in a successful, growing organisation.

✅ And many more benefits to support your wellbeing and professional development.

So, what are you waiting for? Submit your application today.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have any questions or suggestions of how we can assist you in your application due to disability or personal reasons, please email recruitment@perchgroup.co.uk.

PLEASE NOTE - All new employees must undergo a full DBS and Credit Check upon acceptance of a job offer with Perch Group.