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About Claranet
Founded at the beginning of the dot.com bubble in 1996, our CEO Charles Nasser had a light bulb moment to develop a truly customer-focused IT business. Since then, Claranet has grown from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the UK to being one of the leading business modernisation experts, who deliver solutions across 11+ countries.

At Claranet, we’re experienced in implementing progressive technology solutions which help our customers solve their epic business challenges. We’re committed to understanding their problems, delivering answers quickly, and making a lasting impact to their business.

We are agile, focused and experienced in business modernisation. Our approach helps customers make genuine, significant shifts in their business strategy, to deliver financial savings, boost innovation, and create a resilient business. We continually invest in our people and the latest technologies, so our customers get peace of mind knowing that they have access to the best talent and services.

In the UK we have over 500 staff working in London, Gloucester, Warrington, Bristol, and Leeds, or as homeworkers.

The Salesforce Team is part of Group Information Systems (GIS) which is a Claranet’s Group function and are responsible for the internal development, maintenance / support and documentation of new and existing functionality related to Salesforce Platform, it’s ecosystem and integrations with other Claranet systems.

Working for Claranet
Here at Claranet we pride ourselves on going the extra mile for and with our employees (yes, we really mean with). We offer an extensive benefits package that you can tailor to your needs, inclusive of a matching contribution pension scheme, healthcare, insurance, dental, discounted gyms, and app supported benefit access.

But what we think makes us different is ‘Team Claranet,’ our dedicated internal part of the business that supports you with matters close to your heart. We proudly support local charities in each of our office locations, support employees with paid charity leave, organise key charity fundraising event per year and have a dedicated committee responsible for supporting employee’s fundraising efforts.

Claranet are one of the 10 founding members of TC4RE (Technology Community for Racial Equality.) Being a part of a group of leading UK technology organisations, we are dedicated to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

Our Vision
Our vision is to become the most trusted technology solutions partner; renowned for being the best and brightest, having lasting impact with our customers and delivering exceptional returns to our stakeholders.

This role is within the Financial Planning and Analysis team and reports to the FP&A Senior Manager. The FP&A team is responsible for providing guidance, advice and challenge on financial and operational matters to Claranet.

The key priorities for the role are:

Monthly Performance/Trading Analysis

• Work with the Senior Finance Business Partners to prepare a monthly reporting pack. This is to provide Leadership Teams with actual performance versus target and lead indicators for future performance.
• Prepare Business cases for both customers and Claranet.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner, support with staff capitalisation tracking and reporting

Deal Modelling

• Working with the FP&A Senior Manager to prepare contract renewals and new deal financial models.
• Working alongside Order Processing team to ensure orders are built correctly into systems.

• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner, calculate commission payments based on the approved commission plan
• Ensure these are approved in line with group policy
• Issue commission statements to the Sales teams
• Investigate and resolve queries on commission

Profitability Analysis

• Under the guidance of the FP&A Senior Manager, produce Customer P&Ls for key customers showing the true profitability of these accounts.
• Under the guidance of the FP&A Senior Manager, calculate and report on service profitability showing true profitability of the products and services Claranet sell
• Under the guidance of the FP&A Senior Manager, calculate Practice profitability
• Support on the budget and forecast process
• Assist with the bi-annual forecasting processes, working with different parts of the business as required.

Business Support

• Provide support and analysis as required to other members of the FP&A team.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner assist with the completion and presentations of ad hoc projects as required.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Finance Business Partner assist in the automation of data preparation and reporting.

Essential:

• Either CIMA, ACCA or ACA part qualified.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a finance role in Industry or Practice
• Strong Excel skills.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of tasks.
• Can do attitude and a willingness to be hands on.
• Ability to present information in a concise and professional manner.
• Must be comfortable working with a high degree of change and ambiguity
• Ability to manage a diverse workload in a fast-moving environment

Desirable:

• Previous experience in a technology business would be an advantage, preferably within the managed services or Cloud industries
• Experience with Salesforce would be an advantage