Dobbies Garden Centre is seeking to recruit a Finance Business Partner where this individual will play a key part in the high-performing Business Partnering team. The role will require strong commercial, analytical and problem-solving skills combined with experience in developing strong business partnering relationships that will aid decision-making across the business.
Key Relationships:
* Director of Commercial Finance
* Senior Finance team
* Commercial team
* Buying & Merchandising team
* Regional / Store management
* Business function senior managers
* Financial control team
The Role:
* Interpret and understand key weekly and daily commercial reports to present financial results and KPIs to senior stakeholders, regional managers and business divisions
* Support the FP&A team with the presentation of month-end financial results and store performance using tools such as Adaptive Insights
* Support the Regional Managers/CSO Managers with the preparation of reports and attendance at monthly regional management meetings and quarterly store meetings with General Managers
* Monitor, challenge and control costs across the business; proactively identifying saving opportunities and ensuring performance in line with budget
* Support FP&A team in the preparation of budgets and weekly rolling forecasts to manage the cost base, understand risks and monitor the impact on full year projections
* Review and provide commentary on month-end cost performance to support the Regional Managers and wider finance team with understanding and controlling cost variances vs budget
* Provide cost input into Investment Cases to build financial projections of opportunities and monitor post-investment performance
* Continuous review of processes and reporting to improve the efficiency of tasks, including the development of new PowerBI reports
You’re making a great impact when:
* Commercial MI produced on time and accurately, while providing insight and opinion that contribute to better business decisions being made
* Continually creating new business MI to aid decision making process and seeking new insights to help drive business performance
* Cost drivers are understood, recorded, budgeted and controlled in line with business objectives, with strong controls on managing suppliers
* Budgets are produced accurately, timely and detailed enough in order to drive annual review process
* You have collaborated effectively with the wider business to; aid their understanding of the company’s financial performance, problem-solve and enhance insightfulness of MI
* You have a good understanding of people management requirements, approachable and understanding and able to work with team members to find solutions to day-to-day issues
Candidate Requirements:
* Qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience
* Experience working within retail or similar environment
* Excellent prioritisation skills
* Understands commercial processes and a strong Business Partner for teams
* Excellent organisation skills with strong attention to detail
For more information, please contact Donna Galbraith at Rutherford Cross.
Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.