Finance Business Partner - Commercial Finance
- Recruiter
- Bensons for Beds
- Location
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Accrington
North West EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Sep 2021
- Closes
- 19 Sep 2021
- Job Title
- Business Partner
- Category
- Marketing / Business Development
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
No 'one size fits all' when it comes to finding the perfect sleep experience for customers and that's why at Bensons for Beds we put Sleep Wellness??? at the heart of everything we do. With nearly 70 years of retail and 100 years of manufacturing experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience.
We have 190+ locations across our retail, manufacturing and distribution sites, employing c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of becoming the market leading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence.
In return for your contribution to the team's performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus all these extra benefits:
- *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
- *'Perks' discounts from numerous high street and online retailers and service providers to save you money on your everyday purchases and bigger expenses such as holidays and travel, electrical goods, motoring and leisure products etc.
- *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
- *Healthshield cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other hospital services and more)
- Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
- Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
- *Long service awards and 'Love to Shop' voucher rewards to spend as you like
- 31 days holiday
(*qualifying periods apply)
This is a newly created role to support the Senior Finance Business Partner.
The role holder will be a critical member of the Commercial Finance team and will partner the retail, commercial and marketing business areas with a focus on e–commerce and omni–channel performance.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Provision of coherent, concise reporting of trading performance vs financial and non–financial KPIs across various channels, with key drivers understood.
- Supporting the business to critically analyse performance of marketing, promotional and other customer–facing activity, providing deep insight and balanced recommendations to stakeholders.
- Working with business areas to critically evaluate our ability to meet targets in the short–medium term, identifying areas of risk and/or opportunity.
- Trend analysis, financial risk/benefit modelling, sensitivity analysis and contributing to business cases for initiatives proposed.
- Supporting the Financial Reporting and Planning team with the budget and forecasting processes.
- Designing, building and owning a suite of dashboards and reporting tools within Tableau
We are looking for a self–motivated, ambitious finance professional with the following skills, experience and attributes:
- Qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with either proven experience in a commercial role or a strong desire to pursue a career in commercial finance.
- An understanding of omni–channel retailing, particularly e–commerce and digital marketing.
- Excellent, audience–appropriate communication skills and the ability to distil complex, large data sets into digestible formats
- Efficient and confident use of tools such as Excel, PowerPoint and BI Software (Tableau or similar). Some experience of Google Analytics and market comparison tools desirable.
- A critical thinker who is curious about the business and excited to support and challenge the business to deliver against ambitious growth targets.
If you love working with a great team, engaging with a variety of challenges, growing your skills and developing new ones then click now to apply to join us!
There is a brief online application process to complete, to tell us about yourself, answer some questions and confirm your eligibility. We'll reply to you asap!