Senior Financial Analyst - Business Analysis

TJX; Watford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retailer as a Senior Analyst in finance. This role includes delivering financial analysis, providing strategic insights, and partnering with various functions across the organization. You will gain valuable exposure to leadership while being part of a team that thrives on challenge and problem-solving.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Growth and recognition opportunities

Qualifications

• Highly analytical with business intelligence insight generation.
• Strong modeling skills for business applications.
• Effective communicator of complex financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functions across the organization for analytical support.
• Provide insights on market trends and competitor analysis.
• Conduct trials supporting financial cases for large investments.

Skills

Analytical skills

Business modelling

Communication

Problem solving

Curiosity for retail model

Job description

At TJX Europe, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritises your development. Whether you’re working in our Distribution Centers, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores—TK Maxx & Homesense, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX team—a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

Sitting at the heart of Finance, the Business Analysis team (part of Business Planning and Analysis) is a key team within TJX Europe. This team is responsible for producing financial analysis and providing the rationale behind key strategic decisions. Additionally, they offer informative and high-exposure to ad-hoc investment appraisal and analysis.

Job Summary

Does additional store payroll drive incremental sales? What is Click & Collect worth to the business? How does our product mix impact store performance? How do you best protect merchandise in our stores? How can the business leverage data? What is happening in the retail markets & how do we compare? How does the European business best grow?

This Senior Analyst role offers an outstanding opportunity to be a truly commercial finance business partner. You will be responsible for delivering on exciting projects by providing informative analysis—utilising multiple data sources and visualisation techniques—to effectively communicate the answers to business questions facing TJX.

This role supports the whole organisation, partnering across Retail Stores, Ecommerce, Distribution, Property, Marketing, Operations, Merchandising, Buying, and more! This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to the Senior Leadership Team, including the European CFO!

Key Responsibilities

You will Partner with functions across the organisation, providing financial and analytical support towards their goals and priorities and continually challenge current thinking, making recommendations on how to optimise business opportunities and minimise risk/cost to TJX Europe. There will be daily work with the Business Analysis Manager to provide cohesive analytical support which will help inform strategic business decisions, you will also provide key insights and solutions on competitors, market trends and implications facing the business.

There is an opportunity in this role to support the business in conducting trials, you will work with teams outside of Finance on Test and Learn methodology, analyse the results using statistical software and present findings back to Senior Leadership. These trials will be used to build financial cases to support large scale investments.

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Highly analytical with an ability to use business intelligence to generate insight.

Strong business modelling skills.

Curious to learn and understand our off-price retail model.

Possess initiative and a drive to problem solve.

Forward thinking with a flexible attitude.

An excellent communicator; skilled in translating financial or complex analysis in a simple, effective & engaging manner.

Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity.

As proud as we are of our past success, it’s our future that excites us most. We strive to provide opportunities for growth, recognition and a competitive salary and benefits package. Share our determination to think bolder and bigger, and be part of our future. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.