Finance Analyst
Watford, Hertfordshire
- Full Time
- 37.5
100329
- Insightful Reporting: Update and distribute weekly and monthly financial reports (including the Weekly Trading Pack) to the Wickes Exec and key stakeholders.
- Month-End Ownership: Lead the month-end process for consumer finance costs, including P&L analysis, journal posting, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Strategic Analysis: Provide robust financial analysis and challenge for major business initiatives, using data to drive recommendations.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the sales, gross margin, and consumer finance cost forecasting processes to ensure targets are met and variances understood.
- Category Management: Manage the annual category range review process from a financial cost and benefit perspective.
- Data Innovation: Create and maintain advanced reporting dashboards using SQL and data warehouse extraction techniques.
- Part-qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA.
- Proven experience in senior-level business partnering and end-to-end P&L month-end ownership. Retail experience is preferred.
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills are essential, with experience in SQL reporting being a significant advantage.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear insights for non-finance stakeholders at all levels.
- You should be inquisitive, well-organised, and able to thrive under pressure to meet short, medium, and long-term deadlines.
- Competitive bonus (2027 period)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Colleague discount
- Discount platform including savings and cash back at numerous retailers, savings on gym membership, cycle to work scheme.
- Our widely recognised wellbeing strategy is something we’re proud of at Wickes. As part of this, we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits and support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, financial education & loans, and access to parental, menopause and fertility support.
- We recognise the value of bringing our teams together to collaborate, support each other and build on our amazing culture. We are also encouraging our teams to work flexibly, with a blend of remote / office working.
You'll be a great fit at Wickes if:
- You like working with people
- You're happy to help even if it isn't your job
- Enjoy working in a team
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