Finance Manager - FP&A

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Manager to join their dynamic finance team. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with senior leadership and contribute to critical financial planning and analysis processes. You will be responsible for crafting the monthly and quarterly trading narratives, coordinating budgets, and leading financial reviews. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and a knack for communication. Join a company that values inclusivity and offers a supportive environment where your contributions can make a significant impact on the business's success.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with experience in financial planning processes.
• Strong analytical and communication skills required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Support performance reporting and provide insights on financial position.
• Own coordination of forecast, budget, and 3-year plan.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

Financial Planning Management

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Excel Proficiency

Ability to Manage Workload

Willingness to Learn

Tools

Cognos

Planning Analytics

Job description

Finance Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

Permanent

Vyoma Gandhi

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Boots Opticians finance team, reporting into the Head of FP&A. The Opticians FP&A manager is responsible for telling the overall performance story for the business, with fantastic exposure to the Opticians Leadership Team. The role incorporates ownership of the monthly and quarterly trading narrative, engaging with an internal and external business audience, as well as the wider Group and also our external shareholders, De Rigo. In addition to this, the role is responsible for coordination of the monthly and quarterly executive reviews, rolling forecast, budget and 3-year plan, leading these processes within finance and liaising with senior leaders. The role reports into the Head of Finance - FP&A, and an FP&A analyst will support delivery of these key business activities. This role is critical to the delivery of all business, Group and shareholder reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Support business, Group and shareholder performance reporting and supplementary analysis, providing meaningful insights to evaluate our financial position.
2. Own coordination and collation of the forecast, budget and 3-year plan.
3. Assess risks and opportunities to help guide decisions.
4. Maintain close partnership working across the finance function and with stakeholders across business areas and the wider Group.
5. Support central Boots FP&A team with business insight.
6. Ad hoc support to Head of Finance, Finance Director & Managing Director.
7. Drive process efficiency across all month end and planning cycle activities.
8. Line management of an FP&A analyst.

What you'll need to have

These are the essential skills needed to succeed in this role.

1. Qualified Accountant.
2. Proven record of managing financial planning processes (e.g. management of company/functional budgets).
3. Strong analytical skills, ability to drive insight and create narrative at pace.
4. Good communicator and able to manage diverse workload to tight deadlines.
5. Strong knowledge of Excel.
6. Willingness to learn new concepts, embrace the working environment and integrate into wider finance and business teams.

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

1. Understanding of consolidation systems is desirable (Cognos, Planning Analytics).

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you'll be notified by email.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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