Retail Finance Business Partner - Age UK Group : Job Details

Age UK are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner for our impactful Retail division.

Working as part of the FP&A - Retail team, this role is focussed around producing and delivering timely and accurate financial budgeting and analysis for the retail division which consists of ~270 charity shops across England and Wales with an annual turnover of ~£40m.

The purpose of the Retail Finance Business Partner role is to support the organisation in the delivery of strong performance and achievement of its financial objectives, through provision of insightful analysis and reporting, business intelligence and assessment of financial performance and risk.

This fantastic opportunity offers hybrid and flexible working between home and a central London co-working hub.

Please see job description for a full list of responsibilities.

Must haves:

* Professional accounting qualification - CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent experience. * Previous experience in a Business Partnering role with responsibility for the production of management information. * Evidence of building successful working relationships externally and internally and at all levels of an organisation. * Experience of working with staff at all levels of an organisation and with both financial and non-financial staff. * Excellent IT skills, in particular Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint. * Experience of working in a dynamic and commercially oriented organisation. Charity sector experience is not essential. * Sound commercial judgement and confidence in challenging assumptions. * Ability to assimilate and analyse financial data, interpreting it to support business decision making. * Able to establish priorities and consistently deliver accurate, timely and relevant data to tight deadlines. * Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and excellent attention to detail. * Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to explain complex information to non-finance staff in a relevant and meaningful way.

Great to haves:* Experience working with accounting packages. Saturn, Power BI, Jet and Navision an advantage but not essential.* Experience of working in retail finance

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

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Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.