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Job no: 550789
Work type: Full time
Site: Redditch
Categories: Finance
Location: Worcestershire
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
About us
At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.
The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.
If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.
About the role
This is an exciting role providing support to the B2B Retail Team (segments including Cycle to Work, Halfords for Business and Trade Card). This is a core part of our B2B offering and the wider Halfords Group.
As the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will demonstrate leading financial decision-making capability by supporting and influencing your senior stakeholders and team to ensure we make the optimal commercial decisions. You'll be responsible for creating accurate forecasts informed by insightful financial analysis and ensure opex/capex are invested well and costs are managed to budget.
Key Responsibilities
Act as a trusted partner to the B2B Retail Leadership Team providing the right balance of challenge and support around commercial decision making. Financial ownership of the P&L within B2B Retail (highlighting any areas of concern and proposals for increasing profitability). Ensure senior stakeholders understand the current position vs. budget and be close to opportunities and risks. Aid the Senior Leadership Team to drive the business further by helping create, track and manage business initiatives. Oversee the monthly Performance Review process with the B2B Leadership and their team, understanding performance and driving management action. Provide commercial and financial support and challenge to the business’ investment projects including assistance in the creation of business cases, spend control, tracking of benefits and advising on corrective action to ensure Business Case targets are met. Quarterly forecasting and budgeting, highlighting opportunities and risks to the Leadership Team to ensure strategy is in line with overall Business objectives.
Skills & Experience
A fully qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) with strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of SAP is desired, with ability to use PowerBI advantageous. A track record of high performance in a commercial finance business partnering, planning team or financial advisory role. Excellent commercial acumen: takes the time to understand the business objectives and focus activity to yield the greatest commercial benefit. Dynamic and results-driven individual with high levels of energy, flexibility and commitment to deliver both the business and their own objectives. Able to construct and manage processes to ensure that budget owners understand current and forecast spend and keep within budget. An effective communicator with excellent presentation skills and gravitas; articulate and persuasive; able to build strong stakeholder relationships across the business at all levels. An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, proactively managing multiple work-streams. The role is based at our Support Centre in Redditch, with a minimum of 3 days per week to be office based.
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