Lead Finance Manager

The Co-operative Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK retailer is seeking a Lead Finance Manager to support budgets and forecasts, contributing to performance reviews and managing stakeholder insights. The ideal candidate has a financial qualification and experience in financial planning. This hybrid role is based in Manchester and offers a competitive salary of £55,000 to £65,000 plus excellent benefits.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Flexible hybrid working model

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• A recognised financial qualification or working towards one.
• Experience in financial planning, reporting, or business partnering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the coordination of budgets and forecasts.
• Manage the rolling forecast cycle and provide insight into performance.
• Contribute to monthly performance reviews.

Skills

Financial qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)

Financial planning and reporting

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Good Excel skills

Job description

Overview

Lead Finance Manager

£55,000 to £65,000 plus excellent benefits including private healthcare (Work Level 5)

Manchester - We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office.

12-to-18-month secondment

What you’ll do

• Support the coordination of budgets and forecasts
• Help manage the rolling forecast cycle and provide insight into performance
• Contribute to monthly performance reviews and track key initiatives
• Develop clear, insightful reporting to help teams understand and manage spend
• Support alignment of financial plans with strategic goals
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and support for senior stakeholders to challenge their thinking
• Identify opportunities to improve and simplify finance processes
• Collaborate with colleagues across Finance and the wider business

What we’re looking for

• A recognised financial qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent), or working towards one
• Experience in financial planning, reporting, or business partnering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Confidence in working with stakeholders and communicating financial insights
• A collaborative approach and a willingness to learn and grow
• Good Excel skills and familiarity with financial systems or planning tools

If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your skills, work with great people, and help build a stronger Co-op, we’d love to hear from you.

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.