Retail FP&A Analyst, Soho Home

Soho House & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Soho Friends Membership

50% off Food & Drink

Staff Room Rates

Private Health and Dental Care

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Soho House Group is seeking a Retail FP&A Analyst to join the Home and Beauty brands – Soho Home and Cowshed. Reporting to the Retail Head of Finance, you will lead budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis for stores and channels.

This role requires ACA/ACCA/CIMA, 2–4 years’ experience in retail FP&A, advanced Excel, and Power BI. You’ll own the bi-annual budget, develop forecasting models, provide commercial challenge to budget holders and support month‑end close.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification required.
• 2–4 years’ retail FP&A experience is essential.
• Advanced Excel skills required; experience with Power BI preferred.
• Ability to deliver high‑quality work to tight deadlines and challenge at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the bi-annual budget process.
• Own forecast modelling and develop current processes.
• Provide robust commercial challenge to budget holders.
• Support decision making with reporting and analysis.
• Produce monthly margin, cost trend and variance analyses.
• Investigate margin discrepancies and improve margin management.
• Prepare business cases for new sites and revenue streams.
• Lead monthly P/L reviews with trade leads and GMs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Communication

Bilingual collaboration

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

The Role…

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the retail division of the Soho House Group with the business that includes our Home and Beauty Brands – ‘Soho Home’ and ‘Cowshed’. Reporting to the Retail Head of Finance, the successful candidate will act as the Retail FP&A Analyst with other duties highlighted below.

Key Accountabilities..

• Lead the bi-annual budget process
• Ownership of forecast modelling, improve and develop current process
• Provide robust commercial challenges to budget holders
• Assist with supporting strategic decision making by providing reporting and analysis
• Produce monthly analysis on margins, cost trends and key variances to present to senior stakeholders
• Investigate any margin discrepancies with the budget holders and identify changes/improvements to the process of margin management
• Produce business cases for potential new sites and revenue streams
• Lead the monthly P/L reviews with the trade leads and site GMs, to discuss performance, key variances to budget and actions are recorded / followed up each month
• Support the Management Accounts team with month end close
• Maintain and improve reporting templates, dashboards and planning tools
• Produce ad hoc analysis as directed by FD / CFO
• Support on year end and the annual audit
• Additional ad-hoc duties as requested.

What we're looking for…

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• 2-4 years’ experience
• Strong and robust character, confident in challenging at all levels.
• Previous Retail FP&A experience essential
• Advanced Excel skills and ideally experience with Microsoft Business Central package and Power BI.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work under own initiative and collaborate across departments.
• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks simultaneously whilst maintaining attention to detail.
• "Solution driven” as opposed to “problem focusing"
• Ability to adapt to new systems efficiently and understand the end-to-end process.

Benefits…

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.

• Soho Friends Membership
• 50% off Food & Drink, 7 days a week
• Staff Room Rates
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Weekly Pay
• Life Assurance
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• In Office Dog Policy on Fridays
• Season Ticket Loan
• Christmas Office Closure
• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
• Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to