Location
Hybrid: 1 to 2 days based in our Support Centre
Why The Works?
We don't just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity, and play.
You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects someone with a late family member's memory.
You never know who someone will become. So with your passion, and our products, you will help ignite the spark in helping people unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories.
The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you.
Become a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, you'll be part of our growing team of eight. Your main job is to work closely with the CFO and Heads of Finance, understanding what drives the business so you can provide valuable insights, challenge assumptions, and influence strategic decisions. You'll build strong relationships with senior managers and their teams, helping them with financial insights to make better commercial decisions.
Your Mission
1. Build strong, collaborative relationships with the CFO, Heads of Finance, and the finance team.
2. Lead the month-end reporting process with the finance team to ensure timely completion.
3. Prepare, collate, and review the monthly Board report, working with operational board members for CEO review and Plc board submission.
4. Draft the monthly corporate reporting narrative, analyzing P&L results and considering how cash flow and balance sheet impact forecasts, performance, and compliance with financial covenants.
5. Update and assess the latest P&L and cash flow each month to inform the full-year outlook, feeding into the forecast process.
6. Lead the budget, forecast, and 3-year plan processes from start to finish, including cash flow and balance sheet modeling, considering financial covenants and investor ratios.
7. Regularly review and update the rolling 3-year plan to reflect significant changes, highlighting key implications for external profit and working capital forecasts.
8. Review and enhance the existing financial model to create an agile, integrated scenario planning model, maintaining and updating it as needed.
9. Provide analysis and commentary for interim and full-year Plc results, including RNS documents, annual reports, and investor presentations.
Skills/Behaviours That Will Set You Apart
1. Motivated and self-sufficient, using initiative to be proactive.
2. Experience in budgeting and forecasting, with the ability to review and challenge commercial targets.
3. Strong organizational skills, adaptable to deliver quick turnarounds on ad-hoc tasks.
4. Confidence to initiate process improvements and persistence to see them through.
5. Commercially astute with a strong desire to understand key business levers, interpret numbers into insights, and communicate effectively.
6. Naturally inquisitive and confident to challenge assumptions and processes.
7. Collaborative, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to influence colleagues at all levels.
8. Ability to challenge operational and financial performance professionally.
9. Strong Excel and analytical skills, with attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.
Our PERKS really are 'The Works'
* Car Allowance - Paid Monthly.
* 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days!
* MyWorks - Access to online discounts across retailers, holidays, utilities, tech, and more!
* Holiday - 33 days including bank holidays.
* Holiday Purchase - Purchase an additional 5 days.
* Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with training and development opportunities.
* Wagestream - Access to 50% of your wages early, as you earn them.
* Share Scheme - Own a piece of The Works!
* 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust.
* Healthcare Cash Plan - Support for healthcare costs.
* And loads more! - Including Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work, and charity options.
Our Purpose
To inspire reading, learning, creativity, and play — making lives more fulfilled.
Our Values
We are Crafty, Caring, and Can-do.
We Listen. We Care
Each year, we conduct an anonymous colleague engagement survey to gather your feedback and suggestions. Your input helps us improve and make The Works the best place you've ever worked! You will have the opportunity to influence our direction.
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments
We are proud of our inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. We support flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments. For assistance, contact recruitment@theworks.co.uk.
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