Purpose:The primary purpose of this role is to provide strong and proactive assistance of the finance, and to partner with operational & commercial teams with analysis of the business, management reporting, budgeting and other ad-hoc finance analysis.Role:

• Preparation of reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders, including weekly and monthly performance reports and quarterly presentations for each platform where the business operates concessions
• In-depth analysis of commercial results (sales, margin & stock, mix effects and KPItrends)
• Assistance for monthly financial closings (e.g. Newport submissions for the group,stock provisioning reports) & P&L variance analysis against forecast
• Preparation of full platform P&L forecasts for corporate budgetary purposes(including sales, margin and store costs)
• Preparation of budget packs
• Partnering with Commercial and Operations team to provide decision support oncommercial initiatives including pricing & promotion analysis, modelling and makingrecommendations to drive business growth & development
• Ownership of monthly rent calculations and preparing data for audited rentcertificates.
• Ad-hoc analysis upon request
• Supporting with business development opportunities 

  Qualifications/Experience Required:  

• 1-2 years’ experience in FP&A/analytical roles in retail
• Excellent Excel capabilities; can demonstrate understanding and experience of Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF
• Highly proficient at manipulating and analysing large volumes of data in order to identify key commercial issues/trends.
• Familiar with using business intelligence tools like Business Warehouse or BI4
• Experience of SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Analysis for Office would be advantageous. 

Package:

• £30-35k basic salary
• Private pension scheme
• Bonus
• Discounts across the brands
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working, 3 days in the office, 2 from home
• Central London - Victoria