Job Description Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Group Cost & Investment team as a senior leader within the Retail Cost Centre of Excellence.
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial insight, planning and performance information for Retail. Working closely with Finance Business Partners and colleagues across Finance, you'll turn financial information into meaningful insight that supports better decision-making.
You'll also lead and develop a team of Finance colleagues, creating an inclusive and supportive environment where people can perform at their best, continually develop their capabilities and play an active part in our Cost Transformation journey.
JOB TITLE: Senior Finance Manager, Retail Cost Centre of Excellence – 12 month Fixed Term Contract
SALARY: £85,493 - £100,580
LOCATION: Halifax, Trinity Road
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: Bristol Harbourside, Cardiff, Leeds, Wellington Place
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About this opportunity
This is a 12 month opportunity to take a leading role in the Retail Cost Centre of Excellence, using high-quality financial insight to shape planning, performance and better decision-making across Retail. You'll bring Finance colleagues together, develop a talented and inclusive team, and help drive our Cost Transformation journey forward!
What you'll be doing
•Lead and develop a high-performing team, creating an inclusive environment where colleagues can contribute, challenge and grow.
•Deliver high-quality financial insight and MI, supporting month end and planning cycles with robust controls and effective review.
•Turn financial information into actionable insight, helping Finance Business Partners understand performance, challenge assumptions and make better decisions.
•Build strong stakeholder relationships, collaborating across Finance while providing constructive challenge to deliver the right outcomes.
•Lead continuous improvement and Finance transformation, simplifying and standardising processes, strengthening controls and embedding new ways of working across people, processes, data and reporting.
What we're looking for
•A recognised accountancy qualification or equivalent relevant Finance experience.
•Financial Forecasting: Proficient skill in financial planning and forecasting, using judgement to produce meaningful information that supports business decisions.
•Experience of leading, motivating and developing: Proficient skill in coaching colleagues, setting clear expectations and supporting people to take ownership of their performance and development.
•Communication: Excellent in presenting complex information clearly and meaningfully for different audiences.
•Problem solving: Excellent ability to understand wider implications and drive issues through to resolution.
•Collaboration: Expert in building trusted relationships and working across Finance to achieve shared outcomes.
And any experience of these would be really useful:
•Experience of cost management and/or working within a Finance Centre of Excellence.
•Experience of Finance transformation, process improvement or significant organisational change.
Benefits
•A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
•An annual performance-related bonus
•Share schemes including free shares
•Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
•30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
•A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
