Contract: Fixed Term - 24 Months
Closing date: Monday 16th September
Recruitment Partner: Lizzy Parfitt
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy finance team, supporting the critical transformation of our Pharmacy business.
Pharmacy is one of the largest, most challenging and interesting areas of the Boots business. It has been at the heart of our business for our 175-year history and we're currently engaged in an extensive transformation of it's operating model to this programme will ensure it is part of our future for many years to come.
You will support our Pharmacy Growth Transformation, reporting to the Director of Finance, Healthcare, and will sit within the Healthcare Finance business partnering team.
You will work closely with the programme leadership team, as well as the teams supporting individual initiatives within the wider programme. You'll also work closely with the wider Commercial finance Business Partnering team and our FP&A and Financial Control teams.
Key responsibilities:
- Finance business partner to the Pharmacy Growth Transformation programme
- Support the programme team in understanding performance, to inform commercial decisions
- Ensure robust decision making, bringing commercial challenge and insight
- Drive the programme to set robust targets and KPIs aligned to programme objectives
- Support programme reporting – ensuring clear messaging to senior stakeholders
- Own the total programme view of all activities.
- Scenario modelling to support strategic decision making, sequencing and planning of activities
- Review and approval of business cases and business investment
- Support in investment appraisals, providing the overview of the interplay between different, related elements of the programme
- Hold the teams to account for delivering their commitments
What you'll need to have
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience as a Finance Manager with strong commercial awareness
- Ability to think strategically, review, and use analytical skills to understand and the bigger picture whilst having good attention to detail
- Financial modelling experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to hold business partners to account.
- Highly analytical and technical, with experience in reporting and reviewing the quality and accuracy of data
- Excellent excel and SAP BW skills
It would be great if you also have
- Knowledge of Healthcare and TM1 reporting and Power BI
- Previous experience working in a business partnering role
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 holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and 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 rewards. 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, it's with you, we change for the better.
What's next
If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you'll be notified by email.
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.
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