finance analyst

Overview

Support forecasting, planning, performance reporting and financial analysis across assigned functions, coordinating cycles and delivering timely, accurate insights. You will build dashboards and analytical tools to enable informed decision-making and partner with cross-functional teams to drive commercial performance. The role blends data analytics, systems stewardship, and stakeholder communication in a dynamic retail environment. You will influence planning, reporting quality, and cost/control initiatives, contributing to monthly business reviews and strategy. This is a hands-on role with exposure to global finance processes and continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Flexible benefits + 4% to tailor benefits
• Life assurance and private medical insurance
• Starbucks Global Academy and training
• Free coffee plus partner discounts
• Headspace subscription

Responsibilities

• Deliver insightful reporting and performance tracking with timely financial reporting and variance analysis
• Support forecasting, planning and financial modelling, owning forecasting cycles such as rolling forecasts and AOP
• Partner with stakeholders to drive cost control and commercial performance via cross-functional collaboration
• Build and maintain financial models and business cases aligned to operational and strategic plans
• Own and enhance data, systems and reporting tools (e.g., Anaplan, Power BI); improve models, dashboards, and processes for efficiency and insight
• Contribute to governance, insights and continuous improvement; prepare monthly business reviews, ad hoc analysis, and support data/reporting strategy

Key requirements

• Finance qualifications and experience; ideally part or recently qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Experience in multisite retail or large corporate environments preferred
• Strong communication, influencing and presentation skills for non-finance stakeholders
• Proven ability to automate reporting and improve data quality

• Communication
• Influencing/Stakeholder management
• Problem solving
• Advanced Power BI
• Excel (advanced)
• SQL

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