Senior Finance Analyst – Central Operations in Nottingham

You will help support the Central Operations position to develop investment strategy, support the creation and approval of investment papers and report on the performance of those projects. You will lead all project tracking, budgeting and forecasting and provide key insights and reporting to senior management that inspires performance and informs decision‑making. You will work with the Lead Team and Project Teams within Central Operations, as well as with other enabling functions, such as IT and Transformation, and other teams across Finance. This collaboration will ensure that we align our plans across the business and ensure our central reporting is accurate.

Reporting to Finance Business Partner – Central Operations, you will be part of a team consisting of 8 members, led by Head of Finance – Stores, Central Operations and Central Costs. Additionally, the role is part of a department of 25, led by Director of Finance – Operations. There are 7 other Senior Analysts within the department.

Key Responsibilities

• A role alongside Central Operations and other ensuring functions in the creation of investment papers and shepherding them through the process of senior team member approval.
• Undertake financial modelling to provide analysis and advice on both the viability of projects and the options of alternative scenarios.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with partners across Central Operations, other ensuring functions and Finance, becoming a trusted advisor.
• Leading month‑end reporting and variance analysis for projects, including collaborating with IT and the Central FP&A team to ensure data and reporting accuracy.
• Managing the creation of budgets and monthly forecasts for project costs and benefits, and other measurements.
• Develop overall understanding of project performance and provide insight, data and commentary to support wider FP&A reporting.
• Ensure data integrity within our systems (SAP and Planning Analytics) and support work on future finance system developments.
• Implementing opportunities for process improvement and automation.
• Contributing to or leading ad‑hoc financial projects within the wider Operations Finance team.

What You'll Need To Have (our Must‑haves)

• Status of part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Experience in management reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience of project cost tracking.
• Ability to demonstrate strong attention to detail.
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement orientation.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and promote financial discipline.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative and inclusive approach to teamwork.
• Excel and PowerPoint skills.

It would be great if you also have

• Status of fully-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Prior experience with SAP, SAP S4 HANA, and Analysis for Office.
• Prior experience with IBM Planning Analytics.
• Experience writing investment papers and reporting project performance.

Rewards designed for you

• 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 option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to support candidates with disabilities. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.