Finance Manager - FP&A

Job Description

Finance Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

Permanent

Vyoma Gandhi

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Boots Opticians finance team, reporting into the Head of FP&A. The Opticians FP&A manager is responsible for telling the overall performance story for the business, with fantastic exposure to the Opticians Leadership Team. The role incorporates ownership of the monthly and quarterly trading narrative, engaging with an internal and external business audience, as well as the wider Group and also our external shareholders, De Rigo. In addition to this, the role is responsible for coordination of the monthly and quarterly executive reviews, rolling forecast, budget and 3-year plan, leading these processes within finance and liaising with senior leaders. This role is critical to the delivery of all business, Group and shareholder reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Support business, Group and shareholder performance reporting and supplementary analysis, providing meaningful insights to evaluate our financial position.
2. Own coordination and collation of the forecast, budget and 3-year plan.
3. Assess risks and opportunities to help guide decisions.
4. Maintain close partnership working across the finance function and with stakeholders across business areas and the wider Group.
5. Support central Boots FP&A team with business insight.
6. Ad hoc support to Head of Finance, Finance Director & Managing Director.
7. Drive process efficiency across all month end and planning cycle activities.
8. Line management of an FP&A analyst.

What you'll need to have

These are the essential skills needed to succeed in this role.

1. Qualified Accountant.
2. Proven record of managing financial planning processes (e.g. management of company/functional budgets).
3. Strong analytical skills, ability to drive insight and create narrative at pace.
4. Good communicator and able to manage diverse workload to tight deadlines.
5. Strong knowledge of Excel.
6. Willingness to learn new concepts, embrace the working environment and integrate into wider finance and business teams.

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

1. Understanding of consolidation systems is desirable (Cognos, Planning Analytics).

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you'll be notified by email.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.