Senior Financial Statement Analyst

Senior Financial Statement Analyst | London, UK | Competitive Pay | Start Date: ASAP

Are you an analytically minded finance professional with a strong understanding of company filings and financial reporting?

We are looking for a Senior Financial Statement Analyst to act as a qualitative sparring partner within a global quantitative financial-analysis environment. This is an opportunity to apply your knowledge of financial statements, accounting principles and industry-specific KPIs to ensure financial analysis remains accurate, consistent and comparable across companies, industries and jurisdictions.

The Senior Financial Statement Analyst Role

As Senior Financial Statement Analyst, you will review company filings in detail — including primary statements and notes — to validate and improve the KPI definitions used across a global financial-analysis database.

You will work with financial information prepared under different reporting frameworks, including US GAAP and IFRS , applying qualitative judgement to ensure that analysis remains accurate and comparable across industries and jurisdictions.

A key part of the role will involve translating complex accounting and financial-reporting logic into clear definitions and formulas that can be implemented within a customised system and automated at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Validating existing KPI definitions against real company filings and identifying precisely where a definition holds or breaks for a particular industry or company. Reading company filings end to end, including MD&A, segment notes, contingencies, related-party disclosures and subsequent events — not just the primary statements. Reconstructing non-GAAP reconciliations against the underlying GAAP figures and flagging where management adjustments are no longer reasonable. Understanding and working within existing KPI definitions across industries, including measures such as RevPAR, ARPU/churn, combined ratio, EBITDAR coverage and same-store sales. Identifying where KPI definitions drift from industry norms or a specific filing. Translating KPI definitions for technical teams, communicating the underlying accounting logic precisely enough for implementation as the correct formula within a customised standard system. Assessing cross-industry comparability, accounting for factors such as capital intensity, lease treatment under ASC 842 and IFRS 16, and revenue-recognition timing. Tracing footnote-level detail, including goodwill impairment testing, off-balance-sheet arrangements and pension assumptions, through to the numbers that matter. Writing findings clearly enough for non-specialists to understand and act upon. Maintaining the same qualitative rigour when analytical frameworks are applied quantitatively across large numbers of companies. Performing the role in compliance with the organisation's quality and security objectives, policies and procedures.