Senior IT Finance Analyst: Strategic Partner & Insight

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Bonus

Employee discounts

Parental leave pay

Flexible benefits

Counselling support

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst for the IT Finance Team in the UK to partner with senior leaders, drive performance insights and support budgeting, forecasting and KPI reporting.

You will lead month-end processes, manage the Genpact offshore team and contribute to finance system enhancements, with a focus on accuracy, pace and impact across IT finance and the wider business.

Qualifications

• Recently qualified or part-qualified accountant, such as CIMA, ACCA or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to analyse data and produce accurate reporting.
• Strong PowerPoint skills, with the ability to present insight clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Confidence working with financial data, commentary and variance analysis in a complex business environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and support effective business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end planning, reporting and variance analysis to ensure accurate and timely financial results.
• Build a strong understanding of the IT cost base, providing insight, data and commentary to support wider FP&A reporting.
• Manage the offshore Genpact Finance Team, supporting high-quality output, effective collaboration and team development.
• Support business partnering activity across month-end, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Help drive understanding of KPIs, translating financial performance into clear, useful insight for stakeholders.
• Assist with the management of direct and indirect recharges across the wider business.
• Work with the Finance Business Partner on SG&A project initiatives when required.
• Maintain data integrity across SAP and Planning Analytics, contributing to future finance system enhancements.
• Identify and drive opportunities for process improvement and automation to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with Finance, Business and Group teams to deliver a consolidated view of performance.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

CIMA/ACCA

Tools

SAP

Planning Analytics

Job description

Boots is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst for the IT Finance Team in the UK to partner with senior leaders, drive performance insights and support budgeting, forecasting and KPI reporting.

You will lead month-end processes, manage the Genpact offshore team and contribute to finance system enhancements, with a focus on accuracy, pace and impact across IT finance and the wider business.