Head of Finance – FP&A Planning & Forecasting

Head of Finance FP&A Planning & Forecasting

Permanent - Full Time - Onsite

Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Vyoma Gandhi

What youll be doing

Were looking for you to join the Boots UK Finance team as Head of Finance Planning & Forecasting. This is a senior leadership role within the finance function. It is responsible for coordinating enterprise-wide and leading Boots UKs financial planning forecasting and performance insight. This insight supports strategic decision-making across the business.

You will play a critical part in shaping the financial direction of the organisation ensuring insight-led planning processes that increase performance accountability and long-term value creation. The Head of Finance Planning & Forecasting will work with Finance Business Partners FLT FP&A and Financial Control.

You will report into the FP&A Director and will lead core forecasting and 3Year Planning (3YP) processes with direct line management responsibility for roles supporting the delivery of key outputs.

Key responsibilities

Financial Planning & Performance Management

Coordinate enterprise-level and lead BUKs financial planning including Budget Forecasts and 3 Year Planning (3YP) cycles.

Owns planning assumptions scenarios and sensitivities ensuring agreement to priorities and market dynamics.

Drives accountability across the business holding leaders to financial commitments through disciplined planning and review cycles.

Highly analytical translating complex financial data into clear applicable business insight.

Planning Governance & Financial Control

Ensure governance consistency and integrity across all planning and forecasting activities.

Owns planning methodologies and standards aligning with group and valuation frameworks.

Works with FP&A teams and Financial Control to ensure strong understanding between plans forecasts and actual performance.

Insight Decision Support & Strategic Thinking

Shapes long-term plans using evidence-based analysis scenario modelling and performance trend evaluation.

Operates with a future-focused mindset anticipating risks and opportunities through forward-looking insight.

Grounds recommendations in financial logic and aligns them to overall business strategy.

Influence & Leadership

Exceptional influencing capability able to shape decisions at senior levels and confidently challenge assumptions.

Builds trusted relationships across FP&A Finance and leadership teams.

Clear compelling communicator who can distil complex financial issues for non-finance team members.

Acts as a credible finance leader representing FP&A across the wider business and finance community.

Resilience & Change Leadership

Lead the transformation of forecasting strengthening accuracy discipline and decisionmaking through improved tools and ways of working.

Maintains focus and clarity in a fast-paced complex environment with multiple priorities.

Adapts quickly to changing priorities ensuring planning remains value-adding.

Champions continuous improvement in planning capability across finance and the wider business.

Leadership & Team Development

Lead and develop Finance Managers responsible for Planning and 3 Year Planning (3YP).

Creates a high-performance collaborative culture with clear accountability and coaching.

Encourages challenge business partnering and continuous improvement.

Builds future planning capability through talent development and succession planning.

What youll need to have (our must-haves)

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).

Experience within FP&A or enterprise planning functions.

Experience running Budget forecasting and 3 Year Planning (3YP) cycles in a complex organisation.

Experience communicating Executive-level decisions through insight-led analysis.

Experience improving forecasting accuracy and advocating planning disciplines.

People leadership experience with direct line management responsibility.

Understanding of end-to-end P&L and financial performance drivers.

Experience of reporting systems (e.g. TM1 Power BI SAP).

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.

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A bit about us

At Boots were proud to be an equal opportunity employer creating a place where everyone feels welcome supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included they thrive so were committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

Whats next

If you apply our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

We are looking for you to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.

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