Finance Manager - FP&A

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Employee discounts

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible benefits

Counselling support (TELUS Health)

Job summary

Boots in Nottingham, Beeston is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to lead FP&A activity across the annual 3-Year Plan and Budget processes. You will provide planning and reporting support, coordinate internal processes, and translate data into actionable insights for the Executive Leadership Team.

You will manage a Senior Finance Analyst, shape performance analysis, and drive improvements in planning, reporting, and planning analytics using Excel and TM1.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong financial analysis and strategic planning experience.
• Proven leadership and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A activity across the annual 3-Year Plan and Budget processes.
• Provide FP&A support across planning and reporting on key cost lines.
• Coordinate planning activity and design internal processes to meet deadlines.
• Identify performance trends and translate analysis into clear insights.
• Deliver regular reporting to senior leadership and influence decisions.
• Mentor and develop a Senior Finance Analyst and broader team.
• Utilise TM1/Planning Analytics for reporting and analytics.

Skills

Financial analysis

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

TM1 / Planning Analytics

Job description

Join Boots as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in our FP&A team, based in Nottingham, Beeston. This is a high-visibility role where your insight will help shape financial strategy, support better business decisions and influence how we plan for the future. Reporting to the Head of Finance: FP&A, you'll lead key planning and analysis activity across Boots, including the annual 3-Year Plan, Budgeted and Forecast processes. You'll work closely with finance teams across Boots UK and beyond, provide reporting to the Executive Leadership Team, and manage a Senior Finance Analyst as part of a collaborative, supportive team.,

• Lead FP&A activity across the FP&A team, including the annual 3-Year Plan and Budget processes.
• Provide FP&A support across planning and reporting on our key cost lines
• Coordinate planning activity and design internal processes that help the business meet Group deadlines.
• Identify performance trends and translate analysis into clear insight to support robust target setting.
• Provide insightful reporting that improves understanding of business performance and future opportunities.
• Deliver regular and ad hoc reporting to the Executive Leadership Team, helping to inform strategic decisions.
• Build strong relationships with finance teams across Boots UK and beyond, influencing and challenging where needed.
• Manage, support and mentor a Senior Finance Analyst, helping them develop and deliver high-quality work.
• Use strong Excel and analytical skills to turn complex financial information into clear, useful recommendations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across planning, reporting and insight processes.
• A recognised accountancy qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with complex financial information.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Strong leadership ability, including the confidence to challenge, influence and bring others with you.
• Strategic thinking and strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn data into meaningful insight.
• A collaborative, supportive and inclusive working style.
• The ability to take ownership, embrace change and bring solutions in a complex business environment.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring a small team.
• Knowledge of TM1 reporting and/or Planning Analytics.
• Experience working in a large, matrixed organisation, such as retail, consumer, healthcare or another multi-site business.
• A natural curiosity and a "can do" mindset.
• Experience improving planning, reporting or budgeting processes.
• At Boots, we believe in your potential and support colleagues to keep learning, growing and using their voice to shape progress.

This role offers real visibility across Boots, with regular exposure to senior stakeholders influencing executive-level decisions from our Nottingham, Beeston support office. You'll be trusted to drive important planning processes, develop your leadership skills and build a broader view of how a large, well-known UK business operates., At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

• 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.

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