Description Role: Finance Business Partner Location: Head Office, Leicestershire Salary: Competitive plus bonus & benefits A great opportunity has arisen for a qualified financial accountant to join our Commercial Retail Finance team, supporting our ‘North’ region which has over 130 stores Based at our Leicestershire Head Office on a full time basis, our Commercial Retail team are responsible for delivering finance support to key stakeholders across the business for a variety of purposes including; ● Producing insightful financial reporting for key Business Stakeholders ● Profitability Analysis to shape store investment decisions ● Challenge ideas and report on their success ● Setting Stores Sales targets ● Challenging costs and highlighting areas for focus ● Report on store movements within our annual report About the Role Next is a dynamic and fast growing business, to succeed in this role you must be happy in a fast-moving, fluid, ever-changing environment. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to review, advise and influence the shape and decisions made in our store portfolio. Key Responsibilities: ● Business partner the North regional team being their first point of call for commercial finance questions ● Run Retail Store appraisals ● Report on Sales and SQFT movements ● Assess the impact of Store opening and closures ● Review Store Sales targets ● Maintain the integrity and coordinate our store profitability ● Liaise with Estates and Shopfitting teams ● Provide Ad Hoc analysis as required to support business initiatives About you ● A pro-active and hands on qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with proven experience in a large company, working cross functionally with proven ability to deliver to strict deadlines. ● Excellent understanding of P&L with the ability to explain & educate non-finance stakeholders ● The ability to work productively, efficiently and effectively, maintaining attention to detail and quality ● Excellent planning & organisation skills ● Demonstrates self motivation and an ability to work on own initiative and is confident making decisions ● Excellent written and verbal skills, coupled with the ability to comfortably present to all levels ● Strong influencing and negotiation skills. ● The willingness to learn, improve and adapt to changing business needs. ● Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to think outside the box. ● Exceptional working knowledge of MS Office (esp. MS Excel) suite of products, Google Gsuite is desirable ● Experience summarising large quantities of data is desirable