Senior Financial Analyst

Chemist Warehouse; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy retailer in the UK seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to join its Finance team. This role involves providing commercial insights, analyzing performance, and reporting to executives. Ideal candidates will have CA/CPA qualifications, advanced Excel skills, and 3-5 years of financial analysis experience. The company offers a competitive salary and hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary + superannuation

Hybrid working arrangements

Career growth opportunities

Generous staff discounts

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in financial analysis.
• Experience in FMCG, retail, or wholesale environments.
• Proactive, results-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams to analyze monthly results and drive performance.
• Lead month-end close process for cost centres.
• Provide insights on sales, pricing, margin, and mix analysis.

Skills

Financial analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Tools

PowerBI

ERP

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

About Us

Chemist Warehouse is Australia's largest pharmacy retailer with over 17,000 team members and more than 600 stores nationwide. Following our merger with Sigma Healthcare, we're now a Top 50 ASX-listed company with expanding operations across New Zealand, Ireland, and China.

Together, we're transforming healthcare and retail with industry-leading distribution, technology, and people practices - and we want you to be part of this journey.

The Opportunity

We're seeking a motivated Senior Financial Analyst to join our Commercial Finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a business partnering role, providing commercial insights and financial support to the Merchandise & Marketing teams. You'll play a key part in driving profitable growth, optimising spend effectiveness, and delivering strategic reporting across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Merchandise & Marketing to analyse monthly results and drive performance.
• Lead the month-end close process for Commercial cost centres.
• Provide commercial insights on sales, pricing, margin, and mix analysis.
• Deliver high-quality reporting to Executives and the Board.
• Support annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and continuous finance process improvements.

About You

To succeed in this role, you'll ideally bring:

• CA/CPA qualified with 3-5 years' experience in financial analysis.
• Experience in FMCG, retail, or wholesale environments (desirable).
• Advanced Excel skills; PowerBI/ERP exposure highly regarded.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, results-driven mindset with curiosity to challenge the status quo.

Why Join Us?

At Chemist Warehouse / Sigma, we know our people make the difference. Here's what you can expect:

• Competitive salary + superannuation.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Career growth with Australia's largest pharmacy and healthcare group.
• Generous staff discounts and wellbeing initiatives.
• Be part of a collaborative, high-performing Finance team with real executive exposure.

Apply Now

If you're ready to take the next step in your finance career, apply now and be part of Australia's leading pharmacy and healthcare group.