Junior Finance Business Partner

Junior Finance Business Partner

Do you have previous Junior Finance Business Partner Experience? If so, this could be the role for you!

LocationHybrid: 1-2 days in the office/Support Centre on Hams Hall Distribution Park, Coleshill.

Become a Junior Finance Business Partner

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, this role sits within an existing commercial team of five. In this key role you will develop a good understanding of the key drivers of the business to enable you to effectively deliver insight, challenge, add value and influence strategic business decisions. You will be responsible for building strong relationships and Business Partnering with senior managers and their teams, providing financial insight to support their commercial decision making.

Fancy a qualification whilst you work? - Yes, we pay for that!We are working with some amazing Apprenticeship providers who are designing something special for us. Later this year, there will be opportunity for you to earn whilst you learn and get qualifications up to degree level. Pretty cool, right?!

Our Culture

The Works is an awesome place to well, work! Our atmosphere is supportive, friendly, and inclusive. A second home-from-home where you can be your best and authentic?you.

Our environment is always moving and full of energy. Yet we still make space to share must-watch TV recommendations and our favourite page-turners. Because even superheroes need some downtime to fuel their imaginations!

Our PERKS really are 'The Works'

• 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days!

• MyWorks - Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more!
• Holiday -33 days including bank holidays.
• Holiday Purchase - Purchase an additional 5 days

• Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you.

• Wagestream - Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them - for when 'life' happens!
• Share Scheme - Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works!

• 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
• Healthcare Cash Plan- To support your everyday healthcare costs.
• + Loads more! - Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work and optional charity giving.

Your Mission

• Dedicated support to the commercial management teams, building a strong relationship with them and their teams.
• Providing effective commercial support to ensure key operational, commercial, and financial targets are delivered.
• Reporting and understanding KPIs.
• Play a key role in supporting the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Providing ad-hoc analysis and reporting to the business
• Ownership of the monthly management accounts for areas of responsibility
• Represent finance in commercial project working groups.

Skills that will set you apart

• Experience in a retail environment or similar fast paced organisation
• Experience in using MI tools such as Cognos, TM1, Aptos
• Experience of budgeting and forecasting processes including reviewing and challenging commercial targets with budget-holders
• Experience in using Excel.

Behaviours that will set you apart

• COLLABORATIVE - Having excellent communication and interpersonal skills you will are able to liaise with and influence colleagues at all levels.
• INDEPENDENT - Motivated and self-sufficient, using initiative to be pro-active.
• COMMERCIALLY ASTUTE- With a strong desire to understand key levers in the business, and ability to interpret numbers into meaningful insight.
• ANALYTICAL - With attention to detail being key, you can work at a fast pace under pressure.

We listen. We care.

Each year, we run an anonymous colleague engagement survey. This is so important for us to hear your feedback and suggestions. We want to know what's going great, and what needs a couple of tweaks to help make The Works the best place you've ever worked! You'll have opportunity to help give us that direction.

Our Purpose

To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled.

Our Values

We are Crafty We are Caring We are Can-do

Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments.

At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers & members of the LGBTQ+ community (including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, non-binary, or use another term).

We are open to discussing part-time and flexible working and, where possible, will try to support this. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply for this role, please contact and we'll be happy to help!