Senior Finance Manager - Franchise Operations. LilyLifestyle

Senior Finance Manager - Franchise Partnerships, Retail

The location of the role is Paddington, London (hybrid working).
The duration of the contract is 4 months
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The pay rate on offer is 650 - 750 per day (via Umbrella agency).

As Senior Finance Manager - Franchise Partnerships, you will lead financial strategy and governance for franchise operations across Asia, MENA, and Europe. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen, capable of delivering profitable growth through robust financial planning, insightful analysis, and cross‑functional collaboration. Behaviours of being curious, tenacious and brave will enable you to be successful as you collaborate and bring structure into the numbers.

This is a role where you can make a real difference in creating value as we work with our Partners to grow, modernise and reset our franchise partner agreements, delivering profitable transformation growth in Franchise Partnerships.

• Take ownership of the financial management for franchise partnerships, including budgeting, forecasting, performance tracking, balance sheet, and controls ensuring delivery of revenue and profit targets.
• Develop and deliver robust financial models to assess franchise performance and support strategic initiatives.
• Oversee budgets, forecasts, and performance reviews; manage robust governance processes around financial policies, franchise agreements, and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with Commercial, Supply Chain and Legal/Compliance teams to drive profitable growth; and structure new franchise deals and renegotiate existing agreements.
• Support Joint Business Plans, track key initiative performance such as Trusted Value, and manage robust governance processes.
• Deliver actionable insights to senior leadership to optimize franchise profitability and cash flow.

• Monitor key metrics such as revenue, margin, and returns for franchise operations.
• Weekly trade analysis and response choices to deliver against targets.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly performance reports for stakeholders.
• Use data and analytics to inform decisions, identify risks and opportunities recommending corrective actions where necessary.

• Support growth plans, including contractual financial models and due diligence.
• Lead financial input into pricing strategies, royalty structures, and incentive programs.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and reporting for franchise operations.

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CA) with at least 5 years' post-qualification experience.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in business partnering, ideally in retail or FMCG.
• Proven ability to communicate and influence at senior levels, with a collaborative and solution-driven approach.
• Strong analytical capabilities, comfortable working with and accurately manipulating data to provide accurate and insightful analysis.
• A strong commercial awareness and continuous improvement mind set, with the ability to maintain and further enhance controls and process.
• Forward thinking with the ability to understand future requirements and how they can inform current plans.

• Reports into Head of Finance
• Business partner to the Franchise Partner Team (Heads of Franchise Partnerships)
• Other Finance Contacts:
  International Finance;
  Business Service Centre and Analytics teams; and Legal/Tax/Compliance teams.