Finance Business Partner – London (3 days a week) - Salary to £65,000

A brilliant commercially focused finance role supporting a fast-paced, multi-site retail business, a company offer a career and not just a job, most of the employees here have some brilliant tenure under their belts.

Working closely with senior operational leaders, you’ll play a key role in driving performance across a national store network. You’ll combine strong financial control with real commercial insight, helping leadership teams understand performance, identify opportunities, and make informed decisions that support profitable growth.

This is a highly visible position, offering the chance to embed yourself within the operations of the business while influencing strategy at a senior level.

A bit more about the day to day...

Commercial Partnering & Performance

• Partner closely with senior stakeholders across operations, trading and product teams
• Provide clear financial insight to support decision-making across stores and head office
• Develop meaningful KPIs to drive sales, margin and operational efficiency
• Use data and analytics to identify trends, risks and opportunities across the retail estate
• Support pricing decisions, promotional activity and investment appraisals

Planning, Reporting & Analysis

• Lead the budgeting and reforecasting cycles across multiple locations
• Produce monthly management accounts with detailed variance analysis and actionable commentary
• Deliver concise and insightful business performance packs for senior leadership
• Own the month-end process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting
• Conduct balance sheet reviews and maintain strong financial governance

Operational & Financial Control

• Monitor and improve working capital performance, including stock, debtors and cashflow
• Provide financial oversight on store openings, closures and refurbishments
• Ensure robust controls are in place across revenue, costs and store-level reporting
• Support continuous improvement of financial processes and systems

Ad Hoc & Strategic Support

• Deliver detailed financial modelling and analysis to support strategic initiatives
• Assist with business cases for new sites, partnerships or growth opportunities
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in reporting, tools and data utilisation

A bit about you....

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Circa 3+ years’ post-qualified experience in a commercially focused finance role
• Background in multi-site retail, hospitality or a similar operational environment would be an advantage
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate numbers into clear insight
• Confident communicator, comfortable working with senior non-finance stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems (e.g. SAP or similar)

Desirable:

• Experience using Power BI or similar data visualisation tools
• Exposure to stock-driven or high-volume retail environments

Finance Business Partner – London (3 days a week) - Salary to £65,000

• Associate

• Retail

• Full-time

• Finance
• Accounting/Auditing

• Analytical Skills
• Investment Valuation
• Appraisal
• Investments
• Sales
• Business
• Finance
• Key Performance Indicators