Finance Business Partner

3 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom VisionExpress Full time

Are you passionate about establishing plans to maximise performance? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where creativity meets strategy?

As a Finance Business Partner at Vision Express, you'll play a pivotal role in guiding and supporting our Regional Managers and Divisional Directors to establish short, medium and long term plans to maximise retail performance. Located at our Store Support Centre in Nottingham, you'll report directly to our Finance Manager.
- Please note, this role is a hybrid role with 3 days per week out of our Ruddington, Nottingham Head Office_.

**Who are we?**

We are Vision Express - with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you

Did you know, we are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family? EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses We are home to the most loved and widely-recognised vision care and eyewear brands in the world. Their priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands.

**Key Responsibilities of the Role**:

- Support the Divisional Director and provide business partnering in all financial aspects.
- Assist the Finance Manager in all aspects of store specific financial issues.
- Provide the financial lead in the regional store manager meetings, providing challenge and adding value through support and analysis.
- Provide the financial lead in quarterly regional reviews, alongside the Divisional Director, providing challenge and adding value through support and analysis.
- Challenge all areas of the Profit and Loss account and KPIs, proposing solutions and remedial actions where applicable.
- Analyse financial information and challenge the Divisional Director on labour costs, proposing solutions and remedial action wherever applicable. Regular identification of areas for action. Measure links to other aspects of P&L and KPI’s where necessary.
- Prepare the budgets for the division, regions and store level.
- Forecasting performance for sales and labour at division, region and store level.
- Regional store visits to support the operations team and provide key financial support to help drive performance and improve overall profitability within our store network.
- Participating in and challenging in operational key meetings to support the business needs.
- Monitor full P&Ls for stores and liaise with Financial Accounting team to ensure any allocation issues are resolved

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**To be successful in this role you will demonstrate**:

- Advanced Excel Skills
- Analytical skills and experience
- Extensive Management Accounting or Financial Analysis experience
- Experience within a retail environment
- Have a minimum of 3 years experience within commercial finance function or working in a similar role
- Previous experience of business partnering
- Recently qualified or on final levels in recognised accounting qualification ie CIMA or ACCA.

**Anything else you should know?**
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one of joining us
- Free parking for all Vision Express colleagues
- Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
- Discounts for friends and family
- Employee Assistant Program offering confidential support and advice on everything from financial support to emotional support and everything in-between
- 33 days annual leave - increasing with your length of service, plus the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
- Flexible health related benefits, such as; Health Cash plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover and Dental Plan
- Opportunities to join a company wide community with peer to peer knowledge, sharing and collaborating through our internal channels
- Flexible lifestyle benefits, such as; Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and even discounted bicycles through our Cycle to Work Scheme
- And so much more

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