Commercial Finance Lead

At a glance We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Commercial Finance team aim for around 2 days a week in the office to connect, and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. This role will be based at our Bracknell Head Office. The salary range for this role is set at £76,000 - £114,000. This position is a 12 month fixed term contract/secondment. About the role We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Finance Lead to join our Waitrose Commercial Finance team for a 12 month fixed term contract/secondment. The team drives business performance by playing an active role in advising, influencing and maximising value from the investments we make, and finding opportunities to drive trade in the Waitrose brand and to manage and reduce our operating cost base. In this role, you will be accountable for leading and influencing financial performance within your area of responsibility, against the financial targets defined in our Partnership business plan and budget. You will drive commercial decision making through the use of performance insight, targeted commercial analysis, and financial expertise. Working closely with senior business leaders and Executives, you’ll work to provide commercial insight and identify opportunities, solutions and actions to improve trading bottom line and deliver the financial targets. You will actively challenge, set direction, influence decisions and hold those business leaders to account. You will focus on prioritising value add activity, providing a challenging and critical mindset to the business to drive forward business performance and improved decision making. Day to day you will: Focus on how we trade, operate and allocate resources through sharing targeted financial analysis and insight, utilising your commercial knowledge and financial expertise. Ensure your area of responsibility is prioritising resources/investment in pursuit of the Partnership Plan and challenge leaders to stop activity that is contrary or non priority in pursuit of the plan. Lead Partners within multi-disciplinary and matrix teams to achieve and deliver work, in line with business outcomes and with the voice of the customer at the heart of decision making. Work in partnership with the FP&A team and business stakeholders to create and track delivery against our financial plans for the year. To view the job outline: External candidates - please view via the attachment Internal candidates - please view the job outline in this folder (Link->https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nmtUKRh3yBBgdF7W2SgbSsMKfIhuxfWp/view?usp=drive_link) using your internal email address only Essential skills you’ll need Accounting qualification with significant post qualified experience. Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills and the ability to work cross-functionally. The ability to think critically, identifying the root cause of financial performance and communicating this understanding clearly and succinctly to stakeholders. The ability to surface commercial insights and understanding, instigating action with business stakeholders to enhance profitability. The ability to inspire and motivate your team to achieve high performance levels. Benefits of the Partnership and the role 💻 - Hybrid Working 🏖️ - Full time working holiday entitlement of 25 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays (this is prorated for part time hours) ⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy 🐷 - Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not 🤑 - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply). You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount 🚴 - Simple cycle to work support scheme 🏰 - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them 💗 - Health Care cover 🚗 - Car allowance 🌱 - Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - (Link->https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/) Next Steps The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process"). We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend that you apply early. Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a 1 stage virtual interview w/c 23rd September onwards. You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you. Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP. Please be aware that due to the nature and activities of this role, the successful candidate will have a DBS check carried out on them through a 3rd party registered body. For more details on DBS checks and what these entail, please visit the (Link->https://www.gov.uk/criminal-record-checks-apply-role) . A financial probity check will also need to be completed for this role. Please note for internal Partners, your existing benefits will remain unchanged during the secondment. For internal use only: #LI-HEADOFFICE #LI-HYBRID