Finance Business Partner - Commercial (42482)

Holland Barrett; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days leave and holiday scheme

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus up to 10%

Colleague product allowance

Staff discounts

Wellbeing benefits

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Holland & Barrett is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner in the UK to work with a category team, turning performance data into actionable insights and stronger financial outcomes.

You'll own budgeting and forecasting, challenge variances in sales and costs, and build business cases while collaborating with senior stakeholders to drive informed commercial decisions for the business.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering within a fast-moving organisation.
• Comfortable with the detail of a P&L and able to explain the numbers to non-finance audiences.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills, with budgeting and forecasting experience and commercial judgement.
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and influencing without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Partner category and commercial leaders, providing financial insight and decision support.
• Own budgeting and forecasting for your area, ensuring plans are realistic and linked to priorities.
• Analyze performance across sales, margin, costs and EBITDA to identify drivers and opportunities.
• Turn financial data into actionable recommendations beyond reporting.
• Build financial models, scenarios and business cases to support decisions and investments.
• Challenge assumptions and explain financial implications of options to stakeholders.
• Support monthly reporting and track benefits against business cases.

Skills

Commercial finance

FP&A

Business partnering

Financial modelling

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Financial modelling tools

Job description

Location & working arrangement: Nuneaton | Hybrid | Permanent. We offer hybrid working, with an expectation that you'll be present at our Holland & Barrett office in Nuneaton for a minimum of 2 days per week.

Intro

The best Finance Business Partners don't just explain the numbers. They help change them. We're looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to work alongside one of our category teams, helping leaders understand performance, make better decisions and turn commercial opportunities into stronger financial outcomes. You'll be close to the day-to-day performance of the category - understanding what's driving sales and margin, challenging assumptions and helping the team make informed choices about where to focus. It's a hands-on commercial finance role. You'll own the core planning and reporting, but the real value comes from what you do with the numbers: asking the right questions, building the case for action and helping the business understand what happens next.

What you'll be doing

• Partner category and commercial leaders, providing financial insight, challenge and decision support.
• Own budgeting and forecasting for your area, making sure plans are realistic, understood and connected to commercial priorities.
• Get underneath performance across sales, margin, costs and EBITDA, identifying the drivers behind variances and opportunities.
• Turn financial and commercial data into clear recommendations rather than simply reporting what has happened.
• Build financial models, scenarios and business cases to support commercial decisions and investment.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and help stakeholders understand the financial implications of different options.
• Support monthly reporting, ensuring performance, risks and opportunities are clearly understood.
• Track initiatives against agreed business cases and help teams understand whether expected benefits are being delivered.
• Work closely with colleagues across Commercial Finance and the wider business to bring a joined-up view of performance.
• Look for ways to improve reporting, processes and analysis so Finance can spend more time on insight and less time producing it.

What you'll bring

• You’ll have experience in commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering within a fast-moving organisation.
• You’ll be comfortable getting into the detail of a P&L, but equally comfortable stepping away from the spreadsheet and explaining what the numbers actually mean to a non-Finance audience.
• You’ll bring strong financial modelling and analytical skills, experience with budgeting and forecasting, and the commercial judgement to challenge assumptions without becoming the person who simply says no.
• You’ll also be comfortable working with senior stakeholders and influencing without direct authority.
• Retail or consumer experience would be useful, but what matters most is that you understand how Finance can help a commercial team make better decisions.

Benefits

Holidays

• 33 days, including bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme

Health & Wellbeing

• 24/7 Virtual GP access
• Private medical insurance – single cover
• Annual free at-home health testing kit (after 6 months' service)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and a network of Mental Health First Aiders whenever you need support

Financial Wellbeing

• Workplace pension with 5% employer contribution
• Life assurance (2x salary, after 6 months' service)

Reward

• Annual Bonus (subject to company and individual performance) up to 10%
• £50 Colleague product allowance on Holland & Barrett products (after 6 months' service)

Lifestyle & Everyday Benefits

• Access to cashback and discounts from a wide range of retailers
• 25% colleague discount, available in store and online
• Free Wellhub membership, with discounted access to gyms, studios and premium wellbeing apps
• Cycle to Work scheme

About Holland & Barrett

Holland & Barrett exists to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone, adding quality years to life. We've been earning people's trust for more than 150 years. Today, we're continuing to evolve our business, combining that heritage with better technology, data and ways of working.

Inclusion & accessibility statement

Every journey is different, and we want people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to feel welcome at Holland & Barrett. If you need an adjustment or additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know.