Finance Business Partner - Distribution

Wickes are a digitally led, service enabled organisation with a project in every home.

We are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner position to join our team in Northampton on a permanent basis.

Role purpose:

To provide full financial business partnering support for the Retail Distribution team within the Supply Chain, with particular responsibility for the Home Delivery Centre (HDC).

Key responsibilities:

• Financial control & reporting – responsibility for completion of management accounts (P&L and balance sheet, including calculation of accruals and prepayments) and provision of management information including insightful commentary on variances to target and prior year

• Supply of Bridges/Commentary at month end and for forecast & budgets

• Balance Sheet controls and reconciliations.

• Finance business partnering of senior operational stakeholders – providing quality understanding, support & challenge

• Assisting in the development and maintenance of key metric and statistic tracking, and impact on financial performance

• Financial and performance analysis of the operations on an ongoing basis

• Recharge of operational cost base to business units

• Budgeting and quarterly reforecasting – ownership of end to end process for business unit

• Weekly forecasting – completion of  forecast for the business units, and maintenance of clear link to monthly results

• Risk and opportunities tracking. Proactively looking forward identifying and managing financial risks and opportunities.

• To assist with any ad hoc analysis and project work as required

• Understand stock adjustments and warehouse stock processes

What are we looking for?

• Self motivated and driven to develop a career in Finance

• Articulate and able to communicate effectively with non-financial stakeholders

• Demonstrates responsibility and ownership, able to prioritise own workload, working to strict deadlines

• Qualified or studying  towards CIMA / ACA / ACCA

• Possesses strong Excel skills, experience of Google Chrome and Wintegrate is desirable

• Supply Chain or 3rd Party Logistics experience an advantage

What can we offer you?

Wickes’ culture is a best kept secret; it’s a collaborative, down to earth, fun and inclusive environment where people feel part of a winning team. It’s an exciting time in Wickes’ history as 2020 will be the year that Wickes demerges from the Travis Perkins group and becomes a FTSE 200 company in its own right.