Senior Finance Manager

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Location: Leicester

Working arrangement: Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week in the office

About the opportunity

Via is partnering with a leading UK retailer looking for a Senior Finance Manager to provide financial leadership across major business transformation programmes.

You'll oversee investment governance, challenge business cases and ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable commercial value.

What you'll be doing

• Lead financial governance across transformation programmes
• Review and challenge investment proposals, business cases and financial assumptions
• Manage financial stage gates and investment approval processes
• Track programme costs, forecasts, risks and benefits realisation
• Develop financial models and performance reporting
• Partner with Finance, FP&A and senior transformation stakeholders
• Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership

What we're looking for

• 5+ years' experience in commercial finance, FP&A, finance business partnering or transformation finance
• Qualified accountant or equivalent senior-level finance experience
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting skills
• Experience developing and challenging investment business cases
• Understanding of financial governance, risk and benefits tracking
• Confidence influencing and challenging senior stakeholders

Experience with transformation portfolios, investment stage gates and post-investment reviews would be advantageous.

Why apply?

• Bonus of up to 25%
• Hybrid working
• Pension scheme
• Opportunity to influence major business transformation and investment decisions