Finance Business Partner - Pharmacy Permanent Vyoma Gandhi About the role We're looking for you to join the Boots UK Finance team as Finance Manager – Pharmacy, as part of the Pharmacy Business partnering team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy finance team, supporting the strategy of the pharmacy Dispensing (items) business. You will support our Pharmacy Dispensing team, reporting to the Director of Healthcare, and will work with our FP&A and Financial Control teams. You will have direct relationships with the director of Prescription services and Heads of Core and care Prescription services. Key responsibilities: · Overall financial management on understanding the trends and drivers affecting on performance across Dispensing. · Supporting the heads of prescription services and their teams with understanding their performance, and analysis to inform future commercial decisions. · Brings insight, challenge, and influence across areas of responsibility including bringing business/market perspective. · To hold the Pharmacy leadership team to account to meet their in-year financial commitments, budget and 3YP whilst maintaining partner relationships. · Engage with the wider BUK Finance team and ensuring agreement on initiative valuations and reporting methodologies. · Working with our FP&A and Financial Control teams to ensure rigorous financial planning processes (in year performance, budget, 3YP) · Reviewing and approval of business/investment/program decisions · Provide support of TM1 for future Pharmacy reporting. · Provide adhoc analysis across Pharmacy where required. What you’ll need to have These are the essential experience needed to succeed in this role. · Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) · Previous finance manager experience with strong commercial awareness. · Excellent interpersonal skill, ability to communicate effectively, with strong relationship-building skills, to foster a collaborative culture and positively influence business performance. · A strong team player, with the ability to work in fast paced environment. · Highly analytical with experience in reporting and reviewing the quality and accuracy of data. · The ability to identify issues and drive actions through to conclusion. · Excellent excel and SAP BW skills It would be great if you also have These are desirable experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match this additional criteria. · Knowledge of TM1 reporting and Power BI · Previous experience of working in a business partnering role 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 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. LI-Onsite Keywords Financial management, pharmacy, prescription services