the Co-operative

Finance Business Partner

Regional role with regular travel to Dartford and throughout South East and South West England

Up to £65,000 + car + excellent benefits

At the Co-operative, things are changing. Fast. Right across our business, our renewed focus will see us become the UK’s top convenience retailer. And we’re looking to recruit, develop and empower a talented Finance Business Partner who’ll help to make it happen. Yes, it’ll test your influencing skills. And the road ahead will bring fresh challenges. But if you’re an ambitious Finance Business Partner with a commercial edge as sharp as ours, it’s your chance to gain exposure, make an impact and manage change on a whole new scale.

It’s a senior-facing role with plenty of travel, as Finance Business Partner, ‘scale’ is the operative word for your day-to-day work – enjoying huge exposure at a senior level, as you advise the South leadership team. Influencing the South division’s future performance (and business decisions) for years to come, you’ll also inspire us to find creative solutions to increase profitability and optimise performance.

To join us as a Regional Finance Business Partner, you’ll need a recognised financial qualification –who has built successful relationships with real impact at a senior level. Ideally, you’ll have operational and commercial finance experience in a Retail organisation, but this isn’t essential as we’ll give full training to the right candidate. More importantly, you’ll demonstrate proven success in influencing strategic business decisions and driving significant improvements to business performance.

Huge exposure. The chance to collaborate across a uniquely diverse organisation. The scope to grow your skills – and of course, our success. At the Co-operative, it’s all here. Including investment in our people, and our business. We’re gearing up to become the UK’s top convenience retailer, but we need great people to help drive us there – Finance professionals as passionate as we are about championing a new era for retail.

The Co-operative Group reserves the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.

Closing date: 11/02/2016