Strategic Finance Director – UK&I & BNL Operations

Holland & Barrett; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holidays

Private medical insurance

Annual health testing kit

Employee Assistance Programme

Employer pension contributions

Life assurance (3x salary)

Annual bonus up to 33%

Car allowance

Colleague product allowance

Discounts & wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Holland & Barrett is seeking a Head of Finance - UK&I and BNL Operations to act as senior Finance partner to the COO, CFO and Leaders across UK&I and BNL. You will lead four direct reports within a total team of 11, shaping a forward-looking Finance function and partnering across Stores, Digital, payroll, property, Distribution and Customer Contact Centre.

You’ll drive financial judgement, build models, and forecast with robust insight to support investment decisions, store estate shaping and

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with senior Finance leadership experience.
• Experience in Retail, FMCG, logistics or consumer-facing environments.
• Partner Executive-level leaders and challenge constructively when evidence points elsewhere.
• Able to move between strategy and detail in discussions about estate, payroll, or distribution.
• Skilled at building models and scenarios to clarify difficult choices.
• Proven track record in developing people and raising standards in Finance teams.
• Experience across multiple markets; exposure to Retail estate strategy, workforce optimisation, Distribution or Finance transformation is useful.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with COO and senior leadership, bringing Finance into early decisions.
• Build a single view of performance across UK&I and BNL, linking channels, payroll, operating costs, occupancy and distribution.
• Forecast better by tying financial outcomes to drivers.
• Develop and present financial cases for major programmes (Right Range, Right Store, Estate Optimisation, Store Closures, productivity and network optimisation).
• Create robustModelling and scenarios for labour, investment, hours, estate changes and future shape.
• Turn complex financial and commercial issues into clear recommendations for the leadership team.
• Lead, develop and raise the bar for a team of senior Finance professionals.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Senior Finance leadership

Finance Business Partnering

Multi-market experience

Strategic thinking

People development

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Holland & Barrett is seeking a Head of Finance - UK&I and BNL Operations to act as senior Finance partner to the COO, CFO and Leaders across UK&I and BNL. You will lead four direct reports within a total team of 11, shaping a forward-looking Finance function and partnering across Stores, Digital, payroll, property, Distribution and Customer Contact Centre.

You’ll drive financial judgement, build models, and forecast with robust insight to support investment decisions, store estate shaping and