Senior Finance Analyst, Commercial Finance
Posting End Date: December 1, 2024
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Job Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Senior Finance Analyst in our Waitrose Commercial Finance team on a 12 month fixed term contract/secondment basis.
The John Lewis Partnership’s Commercial Finance team has set itself a vision and that is to 'deliver the best possible basis for decision making to our stakeholders'. The role the team performs is to drive business performance by playing an active role in advising, influencing and maximising value from the investments we make, and finding opportunities to manage and reduce our every-day costs.
They do that by applying strong commercial expertise, external market awareness and judgement in order to perform the complex analysis which in turn aids the building of dynamic and slick financial models based on sometimes ambiguous or brief data sets. Our Senior Finance Analysts find themselves actively working with a Commercial Finance Lead or Manager to develop the approach for each outcome. They are empowered to make recommendations to business leaders in order to influence key business decisions based on financial analysis against specific business issues and outcomes.
Day to day, what will you be doing?
* Producing and delivering insight for your area of responsibility to time and quality standards. Using strong commercial acumen and as a subject matter expert across multiple functional specialisms, your insight should articulate drivers of current performance and the subsequent implications for future performance, as well as strong commercial analysis that proactively identifies opportunities to improve financial performance.
* Performing commercial analysis and complex financial modelling in order to inform the likely financial implications of different options or scenarios relating to often complex business issues or decisions.
* You’ll be working directly with senior business stakeholders and finance colleagues to understand business issues, identify the relevant data inputs and build complex financial models that provide the relevant outputs as per the business ‘exam question’.
* Supporting the central planning team with the development and maintenance of financial plans for your area of responsibility through sharing of business knowledge, performance insight and future risks/opportunities identified.
Essential skills you'll need:
* Qualified or part qualified accountant, or equivalent experience.
* Ability to interrogate financial accounts.
* The ability to communicate with finance and non-finance senior stakeholders.
Desirable:
* Retail experience.
Benefits of the Partnership and the role:
* Hybrid Working and excellent work-life balance, including a focus on well-being and flexible working.
* Full-time working holiday entitlement of 25 days holiday (based on a 5 day working week), plus bank holidays.
* Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay).
* Partnership discount in store and online once you complete Earning Membership.
* We’re an AICPA-CIMA Premier Partner, meaning our CIMA CGMA and ACCA members have a simplified process for completing annual CPD requirements.
Next Steps:
* The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions.
* We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend that you apply early.
* You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process.
* Please be aware that due to the nature and activities of this role, a financial probity check will need to be completed for the successful candidate.
Pay: £46,600.00 - £70,000.00 Annual
Scheduled Weekly hours: 35
Worker Type: Temporary Partner (Fixed Term)
Job Level: Partnership Level 7
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