About this role
<h2>About the Role:</h2><p>We're looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Finance team, reporting to the Head of Finance. This isn't a role where you'll sit behind a spreadsheet in isolation: you'll be embedded with the teams you support, turning numbers into a story that helps the business make better, faster and more accurate decisions.</p><p>The best person for this role is genuinely curious about the why of the performance, not just the what. You'll be the person who spots that a margin dip is really a promo-mix issue, or that a strong month was carried by one channel, and can explain it in a sentence a non-finance colleague immediately understands. If you love the moment a messy dataset resolves into a clear insight, you'll enjoy it here.</p><h2>What you’ll be doing:</h2><h3>Business partnering</h3><ul><li><p>Act as a finance partner across the business, building relationships that make you the first call when someone needs to understand the financial impact of a decision.</p></li><li><p>Work across Finance, Merch and Ops to help embed the new IMS (Cin7) and bring inventory, margin and availability into effective reporting and action orientated analysis</p></li><li><p>Support budget-holders through the budgeting and reforecasting cycle, helping them build realistic yet stretching numbers with buy in and detailed plans to achieve them.</p></li></ul><h3>Finding the story in the numbers</h3><ul><li><p>Own regular reporting and variance analysis, going beyond the "what" to the "why", identifying the real drivers behind performance and what they mean for the weeks / months ahead.</p></li><li><p>Build and maintain models and dashboards that surface trends early rather than confirming them late.</p></li><li><p>Turn analysis into clear, well-designed outputs that leadership can act on.</p></li></ul><h3>Core FP&A</h3><ul><li><p>Support the monthly management accounts and reporting pack, ensuring numbers are accurate, timely and well-explained.</p></li><li><p>Lead Budget and reforecasting cycles that deliver against our Financial Strategy.</p></li><li><p>Help evolve our forecasting and budgeting processes as the business scales.</p></li><li><p>Deliver ad hoc analysis, modelling, and presentations to support senior stakeholder and executive decision-making.</p></li></ul><h2>What we’re looking for:</h2><ul><li><p>Newly qualified in an accounting qualification such as CIMA or ACCA.</p></li><li><p>A proactive and commercially focused mindset, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.</p></li><li><p>A solid understanding of FP&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.</p></li><li><p>Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence at all levels, cutting down on financial jargon to deliver best outputs and actions with the team.</p></li></ul><h2>What we can offer:</h2><ul><li><p>25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays</p></li><li><p>Hybrid working environment</p></li><li><p>Very generous employee discount after probation period</p></li><li><p>Nominated Friends & Family Discount</p></li><li><p>Clothing allowance spending gift</p></li><li><p>Class Pass or Gym Flex membership</p></li><li><p>Health Shield</p></li><li><p>Enhanced maternity/paternity pay</p></li><li><p>Charity fundraising match of up to £1,000</p></li></ul>