Category Finance Business Partner

1 month ago

Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Kingfisher Plc Full time

We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That's right, we're big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that's where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you

Your role as a Category Finance Business Partner will act as as trusted business partner to a member of the Offer & Sourcing (O&S) leadership team and their teams, specifically an O&S Category Director, leading the day to day finance activities, interpreting and presenting financial information to stakeholders and providing value add support & challenge.

The role will lead a team of two direct reports; a UK and a French based analyst. In addition to core deliverables the Business Partner will also have the opportunity to take on ad-hoc project work working across the Offer & Sourcing finance team.

Responsibilities

  • Provide analysis and insight on Category Trading performance to key stakeholders (Category Director, O&S Divisional CEO, Range teams). Identify improvement actions.
  • Lead category financial planning, budgeting and forecasting ensuring effective coordination, review and challenge is completed within time plan and producing robust case
  • Manage process for analysis of existing and potential range profitability to support OEB (Own & Exclusive Brand) range design
  • Support Range teams with ad hoc financial analysis of existing Ranges to identify areas for Range development
  • Manage one or more Finance Analysts in support of the above activities
  • Lead development of Project financial appraisal including triple net costing.
  • Support Range teams with ad hoc financial analysis of existing Ranges to identify areas for Range development

Qualifications

  • CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified
  • Commercial finance or similar business performance experience preferably within the retail or FMCG sector, with cross European or International working a strong advantage
  • Strong analytical & numerical skills with good attention to detail; ability to analyse, evaluate and summarise large sets of data and provide the key conclusions and insights in a structured, clear and concise manner.
  • Strong business planning and forecasting experience.
  • Ability to pro-actively develop positive and highly effective working relationships, engaging key senior stakeholders as necessary to achieve desired outcomes

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers' experience

  • I listen to my customers
  • I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human – acting with humanity and care

  • I do the right thing
  • I am respectful

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

  • I build and share new ideas
  • I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility

  • I have courage to be creative
  • Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

  • I embrace allyship
  • I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth

  • I own my actions
  • I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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