Manager - Finance Development

Job Description

Manager - Finance Development

Permanent

Recruitment Partner: Vyoma Gandhi

About the role

Join our Finance Development team as a Manager, leading transformation across ARIS, Continuous Improvement, and Automation. You will drive strategic delivery of our 3-year roadmaps, facilitate workshops with senior leaders, and ensure the team delivers innovative, optimised processes that create long-term value for Finance.

Key responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead within the Finance Development Continuous Improvement team, providing direction, coaching, and support to Senior Analysts and other team members.
• Own and drive the delivery of the Finance 3-year transformation roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Facilitate and lead workshops with senior leaders (including CI & ARIS), influencing decision-making and securing buy-in for key initiatives.
• Represent Finance in cross-functional forums, advocating for Finance interests and ensuring governance standards are met.

Process Design & Optimisation

• Oversee the creation, documentation, and optimisation of business processes using ARIS, ensuring compliance and strategic alignment.
• Guide the identification and prioritisation of process improvement opportunities, leveraging BPM (Business Process Management) tools and methodologies.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, process owners, and subject matter experts to design and deliver effective workflows.
• Champion change management strategies to ensure successful adoption of new processes and technologies.

Power Platforms & Automation

• Oversee the development and deployment of solutions using Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and other solutions (such as Databricks) to drive automation and data-driven decision-making.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure robust governance of ARIS and BPM practices of process documentation and compliance.
• Lead process audits and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Team Development

• Develop team members, promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

What you'll need to have

• Proven experience in Business Process Management (BPM), process design, and optimisation (Visio, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar).
• Strong understanding of BPMN standards and process mapping techniques.
• Experience leading teams and managing complex projects or transformation programmes.
• Advanced stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Apps, and/or Power Automate.

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

• Certification in ARIS or BPM frameworks.
• Experience with process automation tools such as RPA.
• Knowledge of process auditing and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with advanced process mapping (EPC, VACD, BPMN).
• Experience leading workshops and delivering training to senior stakeholders.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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