Finance Manager - Loyalty and Personalisation

Boots UK; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings plan

Discretionary bonus

Employee discounts

Leave pay & gift card

Flexible benefits

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Boots UK is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to partner with Loyalty & Personalisation as it undergoes a major transformation. In this 12-month fixed-term contract you will shape financial strategy, provide commercial insight, and support investment decisions across marketing, data and customer initiatives.

You will influence senior stakeholders, deliver robust financial analysis and guide value realisation across multiple change initiatives while ensuring returns align with business goals.

Qualifications

• Experienced Finance Manager with strong business partnering experience.
• Experience supporting strategic investment decisions and business case development.
• Forecasting and performance management experience.
• Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across operational and commercial teams to influence decision-making.
• Support transformation programme delivery, tracking performance and delivering target outcomes.
• Provide clear, insight-led financial analysis, incorporating internal performance data and external market trends.
• Challenge and support L&P performance, identifying risks and opportunities to drive value.
• Evaluate business cases and profitability to support decision-making.
• Act as a trusted advisor to non-finance colleagues.
• Support associated revenue growth initiatives and related cost optimisation programmes.

Skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Finance leadership

Change management

Job description

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, 12 months

Closing date: 28th July 2026

About the role This is an important role at an exciting time for the business, as Loyalty & Personalisation embarks on a significant transformation programme, underpinned by substantial investment, new capabilities, and evolving ways of working. As a strategic finance partner, you will play a leading role in shaping and supporting this transformation, providing financial leadership, commercial insight, and robust decision support across a portfolio of change initiatives. Working closely with Marketing, Loyalty, Data Science, Insights, and wider Commercial teams, you will help ensure investment decisions deliver customer value, commercial growth, and strong financial returns. This role offers exceptional exposure to senior leadership and a broad range of stakeholders across the business. You will be at the forefront of driving change, influencing key strategic decisions, and helping shape the future of our Loyalty & Personalisation proposition. It is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who combines strong financial expertise with curiosity, strategic thinking, and a passion for delivering business impact in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across operational and commercial teams to influence decision-making.
• Support on transformation programme delivery, tracking performance and delivering target outcomes.
• Provide clear, insight-led financial analysis, incorporating both internal performance data and external market trends.
• Challenge and support L&P performance, identifying risks and opportunities to drive value.
• Evaluate business cases and profitability to support decision-making.
• Act as a trusted advisor to non-finance colleagues.
• Support associated revenue growth initiatives and related cost optimisation programmes.

What You’ll Need To Have

• Experienced Finance Manager with strong business partnering experience, ideally within a large retail organisation.
• Experience in supporting strategic investment decisions, business case development, forecasting, and performance management.
• Proven ability to influence and challenge stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Experience supporting or leading transformation programmes, change initiatives, and value realisation activities.
• Experience working with customer, loyalty, marketing, digital, or data-led teams is advantageous.

It would be great if you also have

• A proactive approach to problem-solving and a passion for driving change.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly.

Where your brilliance can take you

At Boots, we believe in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for growth. You will have access to a range of career development routes, allowing you to shape your future with us.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 12% company contribution)
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts for you and a family member
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including options 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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• A bit about us 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.
• What's next? If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

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We hope to hear from you soon. Be brilliant with Boots.