We are looking for a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis on a 12 month maternity cover contract to join Team OB in our Support Office.

As a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis at OB you will provide senior finance leadership and develop a high-performing commercial team here at Oliver Bonas. Reporting into the Finance Director, this role will lead planning, forecasting, reporting and commercial insight, supporting executive decision making and driving performance.

This will be a very hands on interim role, and suit someone who is delivery focused with experience across multi-site operations and with supply chain experience (eg warehousing, distribution, logistics). It will require strong business partnering skills, excellent organisation and the ability to lead and motivate a newly formed FP&A team.

Our support Office is based in Tolworth, near Chessington, only a 30-minute journey from London Waterloo. We offer hybrid working with a split of 3 days in the office and 2 days home working per week, and are open to having conversations about working flexibly.

A bit about us …

At Oliver Bonas (OB), our values of Work Hard, Play Hard & Be Kind are integral to everything we do. Collaboration, imagination, curiosity, and teamwork are key to our success, and everyone has their part to play in making OB a special place to work.

Having fun is key, and a playful and positive approach creates an optimistic environment. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we are serious about what we do.

Our team knows their stuff. They’re confident and creative and unafraid to challenge convention to find solutions, taking accountability for their actions, but always with kindness and humility.

More about the role …

An OB Head of Financial Planning and Analysis will:

Lead the annual budget process from timetabling to completion, and any periodic reforecasting.
Own the end to end P&L forecast, with clear assumptions, risks and sensitivities.
Deliver scenario modelling and actionable insight to support trading and strategic decisions.
Partner with Merchandising, Ecommerce and Retail teams on sales and margin forecasting across channels.
Oversee weekly and monthly financial performance reporting, ensuring outputs are timely, accurate and decision useful.
Work with the Finance Director to develop monthly and quarterly leadership team reporting and analysis packs
Produce insightful reporting and analysis for the Leadership Team, including margin performance, productivity metrics and trend analysis.
Challenge business assumptions and provide clear, fact based recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Provide finance leadership on commercial proposals and investment cases, including new channels, stores, refits and operational change.
Lead on commercial review of current business spend and activities
Act as a trusted advisor to the Finance Director, COO and Leadership Team, responding to ad hoc analysis requests as required.
Strengthen forecasting, reporting and modelling processes, improving efficiency, controls and documentation.
Identify opportunities to automate reporting and accelerate insight through improved systems, analytics and AI.
Ensure forecasting and reporting outputs are robust and fit for purpose.
Line manage the FP&A team (including Finance Manager – Retail & Property and Finance Business Partner – Ecommerce & Supply Chain), setting clear objectives and developing their full potential through coaching and mentoring
Build effective cross functional relationships across Retail, Property, Ecommerce and Operations.
Create a high-performing, collaborative team culture with clear ownership, strong stakeholder service and continuous improvement mindset

Bonas Benefits:

Generous employee discount up to 50% off all OB products
Free access to our 24 hour employee assistance programme with Care First – offering financial, emotional and vocational support
Flexible holiday –33 days (including bank holidays) – increasing to 35 days with length of service
Annual discretionary profit related bonus scheme
Free membership for our Westfield Health Cash Plan or Private Medical
Auto-enrolment into our pension plan
Free access to our onsite gym
Cycle to work scheme
Refer a Friend incentive
Quarterly free lunch
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Voice network and EDI team
Mental Health First Aider support
Education and support through 360L eLearning platform

What we look for:

Proven experience in a senior FP&A or commercial finance role within retail or multi site environments.
Strong interim track record, with the ability to deliver quickly and pragmatically.
Excellent commercial judgement, influencing skills and stakeholder presence.
Advanced financial modelling, forecasting and performance analysis capability.
Experience improving processes, controls and systems within finance functions.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at OB

At Oliver Bonas, our promise is to do our bit to make living a joyful experience and give cause for optimism. This promise is central to our work in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). To bring joy to others, we must first ensure everyone at OB feels valued, included and most importantly, can be themselves at work.

It is important to us that our brand reflects wider society and the communities in which we operate. As a result, we welcome all eligible applicants for this role however we are particularly interested in speaking to eligible candidates from the Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage communities.

Oliver Bonas is a Disability Confident Committed employer under the Disability Confident employer scheme.

To read more about our ED&I commitments, head over to the EDI page on our website: https://www.oliverbonas.com/meet-the-team/diversity

Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (12 month maternity cover contract)