Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner Leeds Hybrid 3W2H 60,000 - 70,000 + Car allowance + Bonus 25 days holiday + wide range of benefits/discounts Retail

This is for a UK retailer with a significant national footprint and a strong multi-channel presence. Operating across an extensive store network alongside a growing digital platform, the business serves a broad customer base and continues to evolve in response to a highly competitive retail landscape.

The organisation is laser-focused on core retail fundamentals, delivering consistently against the everyday expectations of customers. There is substantial ongoing investment into accelerating online capability, creating a commercially dynamic and strategically important environment for finance.

The Role

• Act as a strategic Finance Business Partner to senior retail and trading leadership teams
• Provide clear commercial insight across core retail drivers, including price architecture, promotional effectiveness and customer loyalty performance
• Support delivery of everyday retail basics from a customer point of view, ensuring financial decisions align with value perception and operational excellence
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and periodic reforecasting across a large, multi-site retail estate
• Analyse trading performance, margin trends and cost control, providing robust challenge and commercial recommendations
• Deliver scenario modelling and long-term planning to support strategic priorities
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, insight and financial governance

About You

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong experience in retail or multi-site consumer-facing environments
• Proven track record of influencing senior operational stakeholders
• Deep understanding of price, promotion and loyalty mechanics within retail
• Commercially astute with the confidence to challenge constructively
• Comfortable operating in a high-paced, high-accountability environment
• Resilient, adaptable and motivated by complex, large-scale organisations

What's on Offer

• 60,000 - 70,000 basic salary + Car allowance + Annual bonus
• Hybrid working model (3 days in office)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Competitive pension and employee discount scheme
• Exposure to large-scale strategic transformation programmes
• Career-defining opportunity within a nationally recognised retailer

This is a business where scale truly matters. The pace is fast, the environment is demanding, and the expectations are high. If you want a role that will genuinely stretch and define your career, this is that opportunity.

Zachary Daniels and our client are both equal opportunity employers. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Zachary Daniels is a Niche, National & International Recruitment Consultancy.

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