Head of Finance – FP&A Commercial

Head of Finance FP&A Commercial

Contract: 12 month Secondment

Nottingham - Permanent - Fulltime

Recruitment Partner: Vyoma Gandhi

What youll be doing

Were looking for an individual to join the Boots UK Finance team as Head of Finance FP&A Commercial (Interim). This is a senior leadership role within the FP&A team. It is responsible for providing clear high-quality reporting analysis and insight to the business. This ensures clarity and alignment in in-year performance financial forecasting and budgets.

You will play a critical part in shaping the financial direction of our Commercial business ensuring insightled planning processes that improve performance accountability and longterm value creation. The Head of Finance FP&A Commercial will work with Finance Business Partners the Commercial & FP&A Finance Directors the broader FP&A team and Financial Control.

The role reports into the FP&A Director. It leads teams responsible for weekly and monthly reporting core planning forecasting and 3Year Planning (3YP). Additionally it has direct line management responsibility for Finance Managers across the Commercial FP&A team.

Key responsibilities

• Weekly and Monthly Reporting

Review weekly reporting across Commercial ensuring stakeholders receive outputs on a timely basis and to a high standard.

Provide the Commercial & FP&A Finance Directors ad hoc analysis where required.

Coordinate month end reviews with the Business Partners to provide a timely close thats provides clarity around drivers and actions.

• Financial Planning & Performance Management

Coordinate and Lead BUKs Retail financial planning including Budget quarterly forecasts and 3Year Planning (3YP) cycles.

Owns relevant planning assumptions scenarios and sensitivities ensuring understanding of strategic priorities and market dynamics.

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

Improves forecasting accuracy and planning discipline across the business.

Highly analytical with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear applicable business insight.

• 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 robust financial logic and aligns them to overall Retail business strategy.

• Influence & Leadership

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

Builds trusted relationships across FP&A Finance and FLT.

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

• Planning Governance & Financial Control

Own planning methodologies and standards within the Retail department.

Works with Financial Control to ensure alignment between plans forecasts and actual performance.

• Resilience & Change Leadership

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

Adapts quickly to changing our 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 Reporting 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 supporting the Commercial Function.

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 strong planning disciplines.

Proven people leadership experience with direct line management responsibility.

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

Advanced knowledge of planning and reporting systems (e.g. SAP BW TM1 Power BI).

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. Where a role is advertised as full-time we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. 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.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

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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