<p>White Stuff was established in 1985 through a simple idea. This idea grew and now we have shops and concessions in the UK and internationally, selling women’s and men’s clothing as well as beautiful accessories and homeware. Our original prints (all designed in house), intricate details and considered design touches reflect our personality and make us subtly distinctive.</p><p>Our people are at the heart of our brand, constantly moving and driving us forward. We’re sociable, talented and like minded and we’re not hierarchical or political in how we do business. We encourage entrepreneurial ideas and accountability at all levels. </p><p><strong>Who you are:</strong></p><p>The successful Commercial Finance Manager will be fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with relevant commercial experience who strives to deliver continuous improvement. You must be a good communicator and business partner, commercially savvy, have strong analytical skills and be able to present financial data clearly and accurately to senior finance managers and non-finance personnel.</p><p><strong>Primary objective of the job:</strong></p><p>You will be working closely with the Senior leadership team and the Senior Commercial Finance Manager to provide financial insights to support the commercial decision making across retail.As lead finance person for your area, you will be responsible for supporting the business in preparation of forecasts, commercial analysis and budget control.This is an excellent role for a candidate who has strong commercial acumen who strives to deliver continuous improvement.</p><p><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong></p><p>Provide Finance business support to the head of Retail with responsibility for prime, outlets and concession stores, to include but not limited to the following key areas of responsibility:</p><ul> <li>Take a leading role in the budget andreforecasts, responsible for delivering accuracy of forecasts, capturingyour business areas requirements and managing budget control against thesetargets.</li> <li>Monitor KPIs across your department toensure alignment with forecasts, support business understanding of the keyfactors impacting results and support the head of retail to maximizeperformance.</li> <li>Modelling and monitoring of store payrolland operating costs for the UK &amp; International stores.</li> <li>Work with the Retail team on Storeperformance analysis and Store incentive tracking &amp; reporting.</li> <li>Support the Senior Commercial Finance Manager&amp; Finance Director to actively seek opportunities and manage risksacross the business, providing clear and concise input to the monthlylatest view forecast. </li> <li>Instigate into weekly and month endvariances. Analysis, drilling down, interrogating, and establishing rootcauses, highlighting risks and opportunities against targets.</li> <li>Month end commentary and review ofchannel P&amp;Ls with budget owners at senior leadership and directorlevel, providing insights and recommendations for future actions. </li> <li>Support the property team in forecastingCAPEX requirements for new stores and provide budget control for newopenings. </li> <li>Ad hoc commercial analysis as required.</li> <li>Support the development of the Commercialfinance analyst who assists in reporting and analysis across alldepartments.</li></ul><p><strong>What you’ll need:</strong></p><ul> <li>Qualifiedaccountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)</li> <li>Retail industryexperience a must</li> <li>BusinessPartnering experience able to demonstrate ability to manage and influence stakeholders</li> <li>Excellentcommunication skills - able to tell a complex story in a compelling mannervia all means of communication (written, visual and verbal)</li> <li>Problemsolving - analyses and understands complex data and situations torecommend the optimal solution </li> <li>Resultsfocused - delivers work end to end to conclusion in a planned andcontrolled manner</li> <li>Excelmodelling - demonstrable experience of building models and reports from ablank canvas </li> <li>ManagementAccounts experience </li> <li>Oracleexperience favorable</li></ul><p><strong>What we will offer you:</strong></p><p>As a Commercial Finance Manager at White Stuff you will be entitled to an array of great benefits, some of which include: </p><ul> <li>Annualbonus opportunity</li> <li>Upto 33 days holiday per annum</li> <li>50%discount </li> <li>SubsidisedBUPA Dental Insurance</li> <li>Healthcarecash plan and Life Assurance</li> <li>Interestfree season ticket loan</li> <li>PensionContribution</li></ul><p><em>We are committed to creating an environment where we can all be proud to work and be ourselves.Part of this commitment is being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, and age</em>.</p><p>#LI-Hybrid</p>