Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We're a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people - they make the difference. We're all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting bit...a day includes

The primary purpose of the role is to manage the financial planning process to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all corporate submissions for Superdrug and Savers within the UK Group. This extends to the Quarterly Forecasting, Annual Budget and 5 Year Forecast processes as well as providing ad hoc support and analysis to Senior Finance Management Team. You will business partner with the Head Office central functions, working with your stakeholders to ensure accurate monthly reporting, timely budgets and support ad hoc tenders.

A typical day in this role may include:

• Helping to drive the strategic financial planning process for Superdrug and Savers for all forecasts, including the Quarterly Forecasts, Annual Budget and 5-year plan, ensuring they are undertaken with full business engagement and delivered on a timely basis, in an accurate and insightful fashion.
• Being a key finance liaison in the month end processes and subsequent sign off for EBIT for Superdrug and Savers.
• Managing the month end closing process and month end review vs budget/forecast.
• Providing month end commentary and coordinating the KPI submissions to AS Watson Group, and responding to subsequent queries.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to support the delivery of insightful and value-add analysis of results, to deliver 'best in class' reporting.
• Building relationships with key business functions, both directly and through their Finance Business Partners, to develop an understanding of the full P&L from Sales through to EBIT.
• Supporting the preparation of key presentations delivered by the CEO and Finance Director to internal and external stakeholders, including monthly Exec and Group presentations summarising both financial and commercial performance.
• Business partnering other Head Office functions, supporting them with business decisions from tenders through to month end duties, including reporting, analysis, and forecasting.

This job is a good fit for you if:

• You enjoy working in fast-paced, ever changing environment.
• You're at your best when building great business relationships and can influence others at all levels to see from your point of view.
• You like to add value through team collaboration.
• You're determined, credible and results orientated.
• You thrive on autonomy.

What you'll need:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified preferred, experience in Retail industry an advantage.
• Experience of involvement in an end-to-end financial planning cycle, and month end processes.
• 'Hands on' with a strong understanding of FP&A reporting processes coupled with in-depth analytical skills.
• Strong Excel skills, with a track record of building and maintaining an Excel based planning process.

Here's what's in it for you

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes

Come and be part of something special.

Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

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