About the role
Senior Finance Manager - Ecommerce & Marketing - Permanent
up-to £80,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working
Southampton, Store Support Office
This role provides strategic insight and decision-making support to the Digital & Marketing function. The role also plays a key part of leading the overall Business Performance function, working collaboratively to ensure cross functional business impacts are considered and aiding career progression within the analyst and assistant analyst population.
Key responsibilities
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
- Partner theBoard Director, and the 4 Directors
- Provide key insight to the functional directors to drive performance and support business decisions
- B&Q finance lead on the business case development and implementation of the B&Q Marketplace project
- Act as link between Kingfisher and B&Q to understand digital roadmap and impact on the B&Q P&L
- Be the finance representative at Kingfisher and B&Q customer & digital leadership meetings
- Challenge the function to ensure meaningful decisions are made, taking account of both short- and long-term impacts
- Develop key assumptions to support short- and long-term planning including advice on trade-offs and opportunities
- Bring clarity of targets and drive accountability of ownership through effective communication, MI, and performance review
- Track progress against targets throughout the year in order to be able to advise on timely corrective action plans
- Educate and coach commercial teams to improve financial acumen and awareness
- Ensure end to end business ownership, across all P&L lines and business areas
- Provide the right level of governance and control over key trading decisions
- Use business knowledge and judgement to prioritise where Finance can most influence risks and opportunities
- Develop strong working relationships and processes with other Finance teams, within B&Q and Kingfisher, to bring simplicity, control and business improvement
- Management and development of one direct report, role modelling values and behaviours within Business Performance
- Effective planning and prioritising, making decisions about commercial & digital finance team resource and managing stakeholder expectations
- Deputy for Head of Commercial Finance across the Digital & Marketing agenda
Required skills & experience
Required Skills & Experience:
- Post-qualified experience, preferably in a fast-paced retail environment
- Ability to problem solve complex issues and recommend actions in a clear and concise manner
- Strong stakeholder management skills, working collaboratively and influencing effectively
- Excellent communication skills, able to flex style to different audiences
- Resilience in a high-pressured environment with positive attitude to change /ambiguity
- End to end thinker – joins up business issues and external factors, looking for root causes
What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.
We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you.
As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more! We also provide generous breaks to make sure you’re refreshed and able to perform at your best.
So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact ssorecruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.
We want to ensure that all employees, future employees and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk.
Rewards &
benefits
Discount card
The one we all love! Get 20% discount on your purchases at B&Q in-store and online, after you've been with us for 3 months.
Share schemes
Share in the success you help create. With our shareplans, from just £5 per month, you can build up a savings pot, or use what you save to be a Kingfisher share holder.
Life assurance
If the worst should happen, Life Assurance ensures those close to you have some protection.
Employee assistance programme
We offer free and confidential support and counselling to help you through matters such as wellbeing, divorce, legal, and financial management.
Salary/Bonus
We offer competitive salaries for all roles, and benchmark them, to ensure that we’re getting it right. And, as we value the contribution of all our colleagues equally, whether they are 17 or 70, our rates of pay for each job is the same.
Pension
You’ll have access to the award-winning Kingfisher Pension Scheme, and we’ll put money in alongside your savings too.
Medical
We have a number of medical benefits available depending on your role to help you and your family look after yourselves.
Leave
All work and no play is no fun! So, you can enjoy 6.6 weeks' leave, plus we'll reward you with additional leave and cash rewards to celebrate long service anniversaries and milestone years.
Flexible working
The chance to achieve more balance between work and your other commitments.
Shopping discounts
Take advantage of fantastic discounts on loads of products and services, just for being a B&Q colleague!
Gym discounts
We have a network of over 3,300 health clubs offering discounts to colleagues and their partners of up to 25% on self-paid gym memberships.
Eye care
If you use a computer regularly for work, then we pay for your eye test
every two years. If you do require glasses, then you’ll also get £49/€69 towards single focal lenses and frames too.
Cycling to work scheme
Whether you are thinking green, trying to get fit or saving money, our cycle to work scheme helps colleagues spread the cost and save money on any bike and safety equipment through salary sacrifice.
Long service
Just like most families, we like to celebrate anniversaries and milestone years. For every 10 years up to 40 years’ service we give extra annual leave and a cash payment.
“What I enjoy most is getting to see behind the scenes of our ever-evolving business.”
Training &
development
Learn & Develop at B&Q
When you join B&Q, we want you to be all you can be. From the minute you walk through our doors to the exciting moment you make that next career move, we're here to help you make the most of every opportunity. Thanks to our friendly learning system, Leo, we make sure you always have the support you need to take on every challenge and fit your learning around your life. Here, we know that the best way to grow is together.
Flexible learning with Leo
Leo is your every day, on the go learning and development partner. Helping you build the knowledge you need now and in the future. With Leo, you can access training and content, anywhere, anytime and on any device. You can even influence the type of training on offer by rating and recommending content, and letting us know what we can do to improve. Award-winning and featuring over 150 different learning activities - like short videos, articles, workshops and webinars - think of Leo as your 24/7 training pal, designed to help you make the most of your B&Q career journey.
Developing in role
Learning never stops at B&Q. Whether you've been in your role for one day or five years, there's always something to be curious about. It's why we're always creating learning opportunities and experiences that'll give you the chance to develop your skills. Like our First Line Manager programme: a course that helps our newest line managers build their confidence and management skills. Or our Leadership Development programme that challenges our more experienced leaders to reflect on and adapt their approach for our ever-evolving ways of working.
Building expertise and know-how
We believe anyone can learn the technical skills to do their job with excellence. It's all about attitude and behaviour here. So, if you're passionate about customer service and design, we'll teach you how to create beautiful kitchens. If you're someone who loves being outdoors, we'll help you learn about our garden ranges. And, if you're someone who just loves what we do but doesn't know where to start, we'll help you find the perfect role for you to grow into.
Accelerated Development Talent Programmes
Whatever goal you're working to at B&Q, we want to help you get there. We do this by designing a number of programmes which help you to practice your skills and learn new ones, gain valuable experiences, learn from others and jump on opportunities that are right for you. From leaders taking their first steps into management to those simply looking for a new challenge, we're there to make sure you achieve your ambitions.
Induction
At B&Q, we want every new colleague to understand our values, our customers, and how we work together to achieve our purpose. That’s why we’ve designed an induction programme that’ll give you real insight into our business, our culture and help you feel included from day one. For your first few weeks on the job you’ll work with your team and line manager, mixing online learning with practical tasks, to grow your knowledge a little every day.
A day in the life
Emily, Corporate Auditor
Organisation is key in this job, and we work to a risk-based annual plan which we share with the wider audit team. We often present to our Board too, which gives us a real opportunity to make a difference and for our ideas to be heard at a senior level.
Explore our
store support office
Facilities
In B&Q house, you’ll enjoy an onsite gym, a subsidised Costa, a canteen and restaurant, prayer room, plus open plan and cosy work spaces, an outdoor picnic area, and bike sheds for those who cycle in.
Sustainability
B&Q House has a biomass boiler, solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system. Our building also makes use of upcycled and recycled furniture and fittings, and features natural ventilation, heat retention and CO2 management, all via our very own weather station on the roof.
Why
choose us?
Why Finance & Legal at B&Q?
Our many Finance and Legal teams work hand-in-hand across the board, at the heart of B&Q. From operational finance and business performance to financial planning and analytics, they underpin our business and contribute to every bit of progress we make.
Why B&QReady to apply?
Step 1:
Apply via bandqcareers.com
Step 2:
We'll contact you for a phone interview
Step 3:
We’ll carry out a face to face or online interview (and we may request a 2nd interview if the role you're applying for is more complex).
Step 4:
We’ll contact you with feedback, and maybe even a job offer.
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