Senior Financial Analyst

Providing high quality financial support to the Global Retail Director and the Property team that manage the global store estate. This is a pivotal role in guiding strategic and operational decision making through financial review and analysis.

Client Details

A global PLC brand with an outstanding reputation for quality. Located in Cheltenham offering flexible working options and a supportive and driven culture, this company is one of the employers of choice amongst its competitors

Description

• Be the key finance business partner for the property function, working closely with the property team and Global Retail Director
• Be accountable for the investment appraisal of new store opportunities, downsizes, lease regears and relocation decisions
• Provide high quality post investment appraisal analysis
• Be key to the strategic assessment of the store estate (including pivotal involvement in the planning & strategy process)
• Manage and monitor progress against financial deliverables within the property strategy, feeding in to financial management processes
• Be responsible for budgeting, forecasting and reporting all occupancy costs across the business
• Play a key role in ensuring the financial records are accurate and up to date, working closely with the Management Accounting and Accounts Payable functions

Profile

• A qualified accountant (ACCA or CIMA preferred); experience in Retail sector or property management would be highly desirable
• Highly commercial, with strong analytical ability and experience of investment appraisals
• Experienced in producing valuable insight, critiquing business cases and working with large volumes of data
• A structured, logical thinker who can solve problems and adapt to business needs
• Proactive, driven, resilient and able to work under your own initiative
• An effective communicator, with the ability to change your approach depending on audience
• Someone who thrives in a high profile role with tight deadlines, and able to balance the need for rapid response and maintaining accuracy / quality of outputs
• A confident individual, capable of dealing with Exec level challenge
• A team player, who can work with financial and non-financial colleagues at all levels of an organisation

Job Offer

• Up to £55,000 per annum
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and an additional day off to celebrate your Birthday. We also offer a holiday buying scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Company Pension scheme
• Life Assurance policy with protection for your family and loved ones
• Large staff discount
• A health cash plan is open to all employees.
• Private Medical cover
• Flexible working
• Share Save schemes you can opt into
• Global employee assistance plan
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Car contract hire/purchase scheme