Finance Analyst - Transformation - 12 Month FTC

Division/Dept

Retail Finance

Location

Holborn and Home

Reporting to

Retail Cost Finance Manager

In a nutshell

Bridging Retail Finance and Retail Transformation to deliver a multi-year Transformation project to fuel future investment and efficiencies

Working with the Finance Manager as a key part of the retail change workstream

Maintaining the consolidation and completeness of programme deliveries to ensure strong business partnering to both Retail Transformation and other Finance divisions

Ensuring that risks and opportunities are captured in updated forecasts and budgets

Demonstrating high level initiative and challenge in stakeholder relationships

Adhoc support across projects across the entire store, from food services to smartshop.

What I need to do

Provide financial support to the retail transformation team, from identifying opportunities through data sourcing to collating business cases and signing off projects

Provide support in building models for projects

Provide challenge to the workstreams to ensure that they are focusing on the right areas and are delivering on the commitments that they've made

Develop relationships with the Finance leads for the cost lines within Retail Finance

Work closely with the core Finance team to ensure that all retail cost-impacting projects are captured and reported accurately for the purposes of budgeting and reporting

Liaise with the Retail Transformation Finance team to ensure that there is an aligned view of performance in the Central Retail team between all key stakeholders

How I will succeed

Being a key member in the deliverance of change & continually adapting to support the requirements of the Retail Transformation team

Having the ability to operate in an environment of ambiguity

By being a support towards the Retail Transformation projects and by being a recognised source of insight for teams across retail and the wider finance team

By being an effective communicator of varying financial and commercial backgrounds

Develop sufficient governance framework for investment proposals

Self-motivated but a team player, to obtain trust and respect without compromising independence with high initiative

What I need to know

Commercially aware with a clear focus on driving excellent financial & commercial performance

What I need to show

Ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of people

Enthusiasm to learn and upskill whilst showing high levels of pace, initiative and resilience

Willingness to be adaptable and support the Finance Manager and wider Retail Finance team

Critical friend and key business partner for the Retail Change team

Must have a strong eye for detail and a passion for accuracy

Resources available to me

Working closely with Finance Manager

Appropriate support from the Labour, Retail Costs and the Transformation Finance Managers

Working closely with the Retail Cost Finance team and the wider Retail Finance team for support when required

What decisions I can make

Providing support and guidance to the workstreams on prioritisation and progress of projects

Supporting both the strategic direction and tactical decision making for the workstreams

Who are my key stakeholders?

Retail Finance (including Retail Costs)

Retail Transformation team

Labour Management team

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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