Finance Manager - Supplier Funding

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Finance Manager for Supplier Funding to oversee a team, ensuring accurate delivery of processes and fostering strong stakeholder relationships. The role involves driving continuous improvement and mentoring team members while adhering to compliance standards. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, leadership experience, and proficiency in digital tools like SAP.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to free counselling and support

Qualifications

• Experience of Order to Cash processes, knowledge of Supplier Rebates preferable.
• Experienced people leader with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Supplier Funding processing and ensure KPI delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement and mentor team members.
• Champion simplification projects for efficiency.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Leadership

Digital proficiency

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

Finance Manager - Supplier Funding

12 month FTC

Vyoma Gandhi - [e-mail]

About the role

The Finance Manager - Supplier Funding and Recovery Audit oversees a team who are responsible for the delivery of the Supplier funding and Audit recovery processes across the Boots UK & Ireland business.
You will be responsible for working with all levels across the Trading Function, Finance and External providers to ensure an accurate and timely delivery of processes. You will be expected to develop and maintain strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
You will be accountable for the efficient delivery of Supplier Funding processes, along with the development of the Audit Recovery processes. This will involve:

• Oversee reliable, accurate and timely Supplier Funding processing

• Ensure delivery against Supplier Funding KPIs and SLAs

• Be a main point of contact and escalation for the SFA project team to deliver business readiness activities

• Promote and drive continuous improvement within the team

• Oversee the roll out of any supplier funding process changes with the Supplier Funding Team, ensuring that they are trained in new ways of working

• Supporting the team, and specifically direct reports with mentoring and coaching

• Ensure adherence to policies and compliance, working collaboratively and cross functionally with key stakeholders

• Responsible for review and sign off of the relevant Supplier Funding activities and controls

• Overseeing the output of our third-party Recovery Auditors, ensuring they are being held to account on agreed targets

• Champion simplification projects to drive efficiency across end-to-end supplier funding processes.

What you'll need to have

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

• Proficient of an efficient & well controlled process environment

• Experience of Order to Cash processes; some knowledge of Supplier Rebates preferable

• The ability to build and maintain strong relationships

• Strong communication skills with a will to deliver and ability to work collaboratively and cross functionally

• Experienced people leader

• Attention to detail

• Digitally proficient, use of SAP, MS Office and accounting procedures.

It would be great if you also have

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

• Stakeholder management experience

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.

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

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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