Job Description

This role is responsible for creating the assets required to effectively business partner, focusing on value creation and collectively strengthening our performance. The job holder will provide insight, analysis and commentary to stakeholders, aiming to influence and drive decisions and actions that improve the bottom line. 

What you need to do

• Identify risks, anomalies and opportunities and flag these to Finance Manager / Senior Finance Managers for prioritization
• Build an understanding of an external perspective and use to engage Finance colleagues
• Complete ad hoc / bespoke analysis for the business area as required to drive improvements
• Adopt an agile ways of working approach to support Business Protection and other areas of the business
• Work with internal teams, such as our data team (ADA), as required to complete analysis to resolve business problems
• Work with the Retail Reporting and Change team to develop uniformity of reporting and performance evaluation across all Retail channels enabling your business partners to quickly establish their areas of focus through the Channel, Cost line and Geographic lenses
• In line with timeline and process set by FP&A, work with business to manage Stock Loss Forecasting, Latest View, Budgeting and Q2F
• Build business cases and support post implementation reviews
• Support the business to manage project budgets, working with other Finance teams where collaborative projects demand this
• Support the wider team on other Finance processes and budgets as required
• Attend business review meetings supporting our Stakeholders as needed
• Success in this role will mean supporting the business in making decisions that enhance performance to drive incremental income for the business, improve ROI performance and manage the cost lines effectively

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities