We are looking for a commercially minded Finance Analyst, to support an accelerated sales and margin growth plan. Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner, this is an exciting opportunity for you to join us during a period of significant business transformation.
This is a high profile role, with an opportunity to work alongside an established commercial insights and BI reporting function. Your core focus will be to provide updates on current trading and profitability for the UK brand to the senior leadership team and the Board. Your commercial skills will allow you to provide further insight of sales and margin opportunities, translating complex data into powerful business analysis.
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Provide regular weekly trading updates to the Board and Senior leadership teams, providing a high level insight of key drivers
- Prepare and analyse detailed sales and margin packs for the Board, highlighting product and margin opportunities and areas of risk and improvement
- Implement and action monthly/annual sales and margin target setting
- Provide retail visitor insights to support footfall and conversion improvement opportunities
- Analyse store/regional trading performance and challenge KPIs in order to drive continuous improvement
- Support on strategic initiatives and be the reporting team representative on key projects
- Work closely with the Business Intelligence team to commercially support improvements and accuracy in business reporting
- Continually challenge and make recommendations on how to optimise business opportunities
- You will build and maintain key relationships with senior stakeholders, managing expectations and develop a deep understanding of the business's commercial and operational drivers.
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A part-qualified finance professional, ideally with commercial experience (ACCA/CIMA or similar)
- You possess strong excel and financial modelling skills
- Have an analytical approach to problem solving
- You are able to communicate and influence across the business with strong interpersonal skills
- Experience in working with large volumes of data using a reporting tool such as Power BI or similar
- Someone with a passion to stretch boundaries and wanting to make a difference!
- Located within commutable distance to the Sunderland support centre, where we offer a hybrid working policy (4 days in office per week)
- 33 days holidays including bank holidays
- Employee benefits platform – access to 100s of high street discounts and more – holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, e-vouchers, cashback and more!
- Colleague Discount
- Career progression
- Long service awards
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme – to give you free access to advice and information on a range of topics
- Virtual GP – Access to a GP service 24/7
- Salary finance scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Death in Service
- Life assurance
INDHP
poltronesofà at ScS brings authentic Italian comfort and craftsmanship to homes across the UK. With over 30 years of heritage, poltronesofà is renowned for beautifully designed, handcrafted sofas and armchairs made with care, quality materials, and attention to detail.
Our success is built on our people, with over 1,000 colleagues across 100 stores, distribution centres and support teams in the UK.
At poltronesofà, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We believe that diversity in our workforce strengthens our company, sparks innovation, and drives success.
We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and veteran status. Our aim is to create a supportive environment where every team member has the opportunity to reach their full potential and contribute to our shared goals.
If you’re passionate about great service and want to be part of bringing authentic Italian comfort to UK homes, we encourage you to apply and join us on our mission to make a difference.
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