Senior Finance Manager - Business Partners

This role runs the team of Finance Business Partners. This team is responsible for providing internal financial reporting, partnering with internal stakeholders to provide financial insight and decision support, and maintaining the financial controls supporting their areas.You will be responsible for the day to day management of a team of around 12 FTE. You will have 4 direct reports, each heading up one of the functions making up the Finance Business Partner team (Retail, Online, Central Costs, Supply Chain). You will have excellent inter-personal and influencing skills and will build a high performing team of financial experts.This is a high profile role in the business where you will be working on a daily basis with SLT and Board members.Internal ReportingManage the month end close and reporting cycle to ensure the Board packs are produced accurately, in accordance with agreed deadlines and that highlight key business issues.Deliver timely and accurate weekly (where applicable) and monthly management information to the Retail, Online and Supply Chain teams and all cost centre owners. Provide clear and user friendly reports and analytics, highlighting trends, risks and opportunities, and supported by commentary that demonstrates comprehensive understanding of cost drivers and variance analysis to budget and prior year.Provide financial support and insights that enable business decision making and drive out savings and efficiencies.Hold commercial reviews to highlight issues and improve business performance.Drive continuous improvement to financial reporting and analysis.PlanningThrough your team, be responsible for the delivery of the annual budget and forecasting cycles to agreed deadlines. Financial plans will be delivered by working with the business to deliver robust forecasts that are owned and understood by the accountable stakeholder.Support business stakeholders in other aspects of financial planning and decision support, using the insight and knowledge gained from internal reporting.Develop a mature and close working relationship with key stakeholders so that finance advice and input is sought as a matter of course.Accountable for the financial integrity of the general ledger captions and balance sheets owned by the Finance Business Partner team. Ensure that controls are in place, reconciliations are performed to agreed deadlines, signed off and any opportunities or risks are highlighted.Maintain an excellent level of technical accounting knowledge to ensure correct accounting treatment for all transactions pertinent to your areas, and be the point of contact for the external Audit for these areas.When partnering with the business take ownership for maintaining strong financial controls within business processes, highlighting changes needed when business changes are implemented.Team and LeadershipSet the goals and direction for the Finance Business Partner team, ensuring resourcing and workloads are managed appropriately to meet deadlines.Ensure the learning and development needs of the team are met by setting objectives, coaching and providing constructive feedback through regular one-to-ones.Skills & QualificationsQualified Accountant with a minimum of 4 years PQE within a Retail environment. Previous experience in a fast growing, International business preferred.Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex financial data in a clear and relevant way.Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to influence and challenge others.What’s in it for you?Competitive salary and benefits package50% staff discount & 25% for family and friendsIn 1997, we launched Mountain Warehouse to make the outdoors accessible to everyone by offering value for money product and exemplary customer service.The outdoor industry had become very jargon heavy and we wanted to create a brand that would cater to our mothers and our neighbour’s kids as well as seasoned professionals who understood the technology.Our expansion since then has seen the brand grow and the product evolve, but the small family business that makes MW special has remained. Great product is at the heart of everything we do.As we expand internationally we employ a team of dedicated diverse people to offer our valued customers the best possible experience when visiting our stores, shopping online and putting our range through its paces.Welcome to our journey.
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