Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Bestway Healthcare UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holidays

Staff Discount

Travel Loans

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in Manchester is looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Wholesale & Central Functions. This role involves financial analysis, reporting, and collaboration with various teams to support strategic decision-making. Ideal candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in FP&A, financial modelling skills, and familiarity with BI tools. The position is full-time with a hybrid work model, involving 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in FP&A or similar roles within large organizations.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior analysts is beneficial.
• Experience in retail or wholesale sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly management reporting packs.
• Own the budgeting and forecasting cycles for the Group.
• Develop long-term financial models for strategic planning.
• Provide financial analysis for capital investment proposals.
• Drive improvements in reporting and analytics.

Skills

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified

Strong analytical skills

Advanced Excel and modelling skills

Experience in BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)

Excellent communication skills

Influencing & Negotiation skills

Strong project management skills

Education

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Anaplan

OLAP structures

Job description

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Wholesale & Central Functions

Package Description

• Paid Holidays
• Staff Discount
• Travel Loans and more…

Overview of the role

The FP&A Manager plays a pivotal role in delivering insightful financial analysis and planning to support strategic decision-making across the Group’s retail and wholesale operations. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, the role is responsible for producing high-quality internal reporting, forecasts, budgets, and long-term financial plans. The FP&A Manager will work closely with the Commercial Finance team, CFO, Financial Control teams, parent company’s group finance function and business owners across the business to ensure alignment on financial performance and strategic initiatives. The role also supports capital investment analysis, initiative tracking, and ad‑hoc requests from the Board and parent company. A key aspect of the role is transforming financial data into actionable insights using BI platforms and financial modelling tools. The FP&A Manager will also collaborate with the shared service centre in Pakistan to ensure accurate and timely financial data processing.

The role is hybrid working with 3 days in the office, and 2 days working from home.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly management reporting packs, including variance analysis and commentary for senior stakeholders.
• Own the budgeting and forecasting cycles for the Group, ensuring alignment across business units and timely submission to the parent company.
• Develop and maintain long-term financial models to support strategic planning and scenario analysis.
• Partner with the Commercial Finance team to evaluate business performance, track initiatives, and support commercial decision‑making.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations for capital investment proposals, including ROI and payback assessments.
• Respond to ad‑hoc financial information requests from the Board and parent company, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
• Collaborate with the shared service centre in Pakistan to ensure data integrity and timely processing of financial transactions.
• Influence budget outcomes indirectly through financial planning and performance analysis, supporting budget holders with insights and recommendations.
• Drive improvements in reporting and analytics through the use of Anaplan, OLAP structures, and BI platforms.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders (CFO, Financial Control, Commercial Finance) and external stakeholders (parent company finance team), acting as a trusted advisor.

The Ideal Candidate

Key knowledge and skills required:

• Qualifications: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years in FP&A or similar roles within large, complex organisations; experience in retail or wholesale sectors preferred.
• Leadership: Experience managing or mentoring junior analysts or cross‑functional teams is beneficial.
• Financial Modelling: Advanced Excel and modelling skills.
• Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills with experience in BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
• Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with Anaplan, OLAP structures, and ERP systems.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to senior stakeholders.
• Influencing & Negotiation: Ability to influence budget holders and senior leaders through data‑driven insights.
• Organisation: Strong project management and time management skills.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to link financial analysis to broader business strategy.

Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we’ll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.

About The Company

For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.

Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.

The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.

We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.

We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close‑knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.

‘Together we make a difference’

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Retail Pharmacies and Public Health