Senior IT Finance Partner & FP&A Lead

Boots; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption?

Flexible benefits scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join the IT Finance Team as a Finance Business Partner. You will partner with IT leaders to understand performance, cost drivers and KPIs, delivering insightful analysis and high-quality reporting to support strategic decisions.

You’ll also manage the offshore Genpact Finance Team, support budgeting and forecasting activities, and drive process improvements across finance systems and reporting to increase accuracy, pace and impact.

Qualifications

• Recently qualified or part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA or equivalent).
• Experience in management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong Excel skills with data analysis and reporting capability.
• Strong PowerPoint skills to present insights to senior stakeholders.
• Confidence with financial data, commentary and variance analysis in a complex environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and support effective business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end planning, reporting and variance analysis for IT FP&A.
• Build understanding of IT cost base with data-driven insights.
• Manage offshore Genpact Finance Team and ensure high-quality output.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities across IT functions.
• Drive KPI understanding and translate performance into insights for stakeholders.
• Assist with management of recharges across the business.
• Collaborate on SG&A project initiatives as needed.
• Maintain data integrity in SAP and Planning Analytics.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
• Collaborate with Finance, Business and Group teams on consolidated performance.

Skills

Management reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder communication

Business partnering

Data analysis

Education

Recently qualified or part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

SAP

Planning Analytics

Job description

Boots is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join the IT Finance Team as a Finance Business Partner. You will partner with IT leaders to understand performance, cost drivers and KPIs, delivering insightful analysis and high-quality reporting to support strategic decisions.

You’ll also manage the offshore Genpact Finance Team, support budgeting and forecasting activities, and drive process improvements across finance systems and reporting to increase accuracy, pace and impact.