Retail Finance Manager Posted yesterday Head-Office

Retail Finance Manager AS Watson Group, UKRole Purpose

Savers Retail Finance Manager plays a key role in Savers with accountability for cost control and for support to the customer facing teams of the business. The manager is the primary contact for the Regional General Managers, Security mangers and ESG coordinators. The right person needs to know how to deliver results through others and must be willing to step in to cover any area within the team’s remit when needed.

• Support the Senior Management with a variety of business support requests that may include tenders, presentations and ad hoc analysis & reporting
• Own the month end processes, forecasts and annual budgeting cycles in your areas
• Business Partner the RGMs and support teams, providing a high level of customer service with timely reports and challenge them with insights
• Provide financial information and analytical support to different areas of the business for example Store operations, Security, Audit, Finance
• Take responsibility for Savers sales forecasting at both a company and store level, ensure internal and external factors are considered, building a forecasting tool which can be regularly updated to ensure accuracy
• Continuously look for ways to improve analysis and management information provided to the business including transition from Excel based static reporting to self-service reporting through Power BI and other platforms
• Support, manage and develop more junior members of the team whose responsibilities include retail-based analysis, shrinkage, security costs and ESG with potential for line management responsibilities
• Take the lead role in managing third party relationships in your areas from Finance perspective and provide support for contract negotiations and tenders
• Encourage the use of AI supported tools to improve efficiency in the team

• Qualified ACCA/CIMA
• Desire to manage teams, with previous experience preferred
• Strong communication, organisation and collaboration skills
• Strong business partnering experience with commercial awareness
• Strong Excel skills and ability to master other technical skills quickly
• As Savers is part of a larger group, you will be dealing with stakeholders both in the UK and overseas so ability to understand and adapt to cultural diversity is important
• Familiarity with Power BI & CoPilot would be a plus