The Vacancy

We are looking for an enthusiastic team member to join our Finance team as a Finance Business Partner based on average two days a week at a wilko site and remotely.

As our Finance Business Partner, you’ll be responsible for providing financial advice and analysis to a selection of our Support Centre teams, developing effective cross-functional working relationships to drive the financial, operational, and strategic direction. You’ll ensure robust controls are in place to maintain integrity of commercial decisions, providing commercial insight to support business planning and forecasting.

Taking huge pride in what you do, you'll continuously develop controls and processes ensuring these are in place with your stakeholders to safeguard business assets. Along with;

• Producing management information within the required timescales, including business review and board packs, KPIs, dashboards, trackers, and forecasts.
• Providing financial reporting and advice to aid strategic decision making and drive best allocation of resources.
• Reviewing trends and challenge current performance, identifying risks and opportunities within the finance department and the wider business.
• Working collaboratively across all business functions to share, implementing best practice and developing the financial understanding of team members at all levels.
• Performing analytical modelling to evaluate ROI proposals, critically reviewing and making appropriate recommendations to the business.

For this role we need someone who has over 3 years’ experience in a Finance Business Partner role, is ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, with strong commercial awareness, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. You'll be use to working in a fast-paced environment, working towards tight SLA’s and have exceptional excel / analytical skills. Operating in a complex financial reporting environment, you'll provide and lead with innovative financial solutions.

We know it’s not just about the role but how we can reward you too, so with this role comes a competitive salary, a brilliant rewards scheme, 33 days holiday entitlement (inc Bank Holidays) rising to 38 days after 5 years’ service, a great pension scheme, car allowance, an exceptional array of apprenticeships, wilko WOW flexible benefits (such as great discounts on shopping, days out, holidays, health and fitness and money-saving schemes to cut the costs of childcare), holiday homes and most importantly 20% team member and family discount in store and online.

The Company

We're a family-owned business with honest and fair family values at our heart. 

For ninety years, we've been giving our customers all the stuff they need to brighten up their homes and neaten up their gardens. And, when it comes to our people, we believe in offering the same support, for the things that matter to them too.

So, take a closer look. Discover the history, values, and commitments that make us who we are - and that you'll become part of if you join us.