Role Title: Junior Assistant Business Partner
Department: Finance
Reports To: Senior Finance Business Partner
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Arrangements/Pattern: Full Time, 35 hours - Hybrid Working - 3 days per week office based
Working Location: FatFace HQ, Havant
Who are we?
For over 30 years, we’ve travelled, we’ve laughed, we’ve grown. We believe life is for living and more fun with those we love. We are Made for Life.
Our mission statement:
Crafting clothes for life’s everyday adventures. Today, tomorrow and always.
Our Product formula:
Considered style. Trusted Quality. B Corp certified.
We are proud to have featured in the Sunday Times top 10 best places to work 2025 and best places to work for women 2025.
Equality and inclusion isn’t an aspiration but the standard.
We promote and drive equality within our workforce to ignite an inclusive foundation for us all to build from and truly connect with our customers, colleagues, and communities alike. You play a key part in creating an environment free from prejudice, racism, sexism, harassment, bullying and any other form of marginalisation in our workplaces.
Role Summary
Join our Finance team as a Junior Assistant Business Partner!
Support commercial reporting, analysis, and forecasting across all business channels. Collaborate with stakeholders to drive performance and improve data integrity. Hybrid role based at FatFace HQ, Havant.
Role Responsibilities
* Key Finance support across all business channels
* Provide commercial analysis to support stakeholders to drive performance
* Support Senior Finance Business Partner in budgeting and forecasting process
* Key contact for all regular reporting requirements of the business and the owner of financial data and associated relationship with IT
* Work closely with business customers to identify and address forecasting risks and opportunities
* Track results of business trading decisions and prompt actions
* Support and enhance the design and preparation of stakeholder communications
* Contribute towards continuous efforts to improve information integrity and consistency
* Provide financial / system training to key stakeholders
* Work collaboratively within finance and with key stakeholders
* Ad hoc deliverables that support departmental or business objectives
* Align self to companies social and environmental mission and champion any actions that you can directly impact at all times’
Skills and Experience
* Experience of working in a retail business
* Experience working in an analytical role
* Power BI
Role Competencies
* Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach
* Highly numeric and analytical
* Adaptable, able to change plans according to business needs
* Good interpersonal and communication skills across all levels
* Ability to prioritize
* Customer focused
* Strong Excel skills
* Proactive and enthusiastic
Key Contacts and Relationships:
* Retail / Ecommerce
* Property
* Marketing
* Supply Chain
Accountable for Resources:
* Reporting Suite (Power BI)
* Various ad hoc & cyclical reporting
FatFace Benefits:
Financial & Protection Benefits
* Sick pay allowances
* Critical Illness Income protection/ Death in service (for salaried colleagues)
* Pension scheme – with net deduction and salary sacrifice options
* Dental insurance (colleague funded)
Discounts & Perks
* 60% off FatFace products
* 25% discount at Next stores (across full price products)
* O2 phone discount
* Discounted gym membership
* Cycle to Work scheme (for salaried colleagues)
* EV vehicle scheme (for salaried colleagues)
* Perkbox – our online platform offering:
* Day-one access
* Exclusive brand discounts
* Wellbeing content
* Home workouts and more
Health & Wellbeing
* Specsavers eye care scheme
* Eye tests and contributions to glasses
* Free period products
* EAP support 24/7 via UNUM, Retail Trust, and Fashion & Textiles Support
Learning & Development
* Apprenticeship funding for AAT/CIMA/ACCA studies post-probation
* THRIVE – our learning management system:
* Day-one access
* 1,000s of learning resources
Time Off & Leave
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Sabbatical leave (in line with service)
* Enhanced family-friendly policies – including enhanced maternity leave
* Flexible Working Opportunities – flexible working requests can be made from day one of employment and are considered on an individual basis.
Additional Perks
* Refer a Friend scheme
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply — you might be just the right fit.
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