• If you enjoy business partnering with stakeholders across the business to provide value-add financial analysis that has a direct impact on the bottom line, then this is the role for you!
• We are looking for an experienced and qualified finance analyst with a commercial mindset that can support with this
• Qualified (or approaching qualification) – CIMA, ACCA, ACA with proven experience, ideally in an industry role
• Knowledge of UK accounting standards is essential
• Management of month-end processes experience essential
• Management of FP&A processes experience essential
• Commercial and analytical mindset
• Advanced excel skills (XLOOKUP, Pivot tables, Sum If, Indirect etc.) and the ability to excel build models from scratch
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, having the confidence to communicate clearly with senior management and challenge commercial teams
• Flexible and proactive; able to drive improvements through to completion and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Positive ‘can-do’ attitude
• Ability to work under pressure and be deadline driven

Desirable

• Due to an internal promotion, we now have an extremely exciting Fixed-Term opportunity for a Senior Finance Analyst to join the UK & Pure Play (UKPP) team
• The UK and Pure Play region is on an exciting journey delivering on our strategy in a fast-paced and rapidly growing environment
• The Senior Finance Analyst reports into the Senior Finance Manager for UKPP and is expected to be a key contributor for any financial metrics associated to the region
• You will act as a key business partner to support in developing and delivering budgets, forecasts, business cases, and ad-hoc financial analysis. Along with responsibility for month-end reporting
• Lead the budget and forecasting process of retail sales to net sales, working closely with commercial teams and demand planning for inputs
• Work closely with the Retail teams to forecast retail staffing costs for doors within the UKPP region
• Deliver month end actuals for both revenue, retail Staffing and operational costs, ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. This will involve working closely with the newly created shared services function (SSC) reviewing all postings to ensure accuracy
• Prepare month-end commentary and analysis for actuals vs budget/forecast for revenue to gross margin, retail staffing, and costs
• Create, identify, and communicate risks and opportunities to forecast, and maintain a schedule for working with and challenging teams on finding optimum levels for efficient use of resources
• Preparation of weekly sell-in sell-out (SISO) reports, actively participating in weekly SISO meetings to understand, challenge and identify monthly sales performance for the UKPP region
• Actively contribute to the development of new business opportunities through business case process
• Support on post-investment appraisals and ROI’s for commercial initiatives approved via the business casing process to evaluate impact
• Ad hoc analysis to support the Senior Finance Manager UKPP