Finance Manager

This is a senior analytical role involved in the preparation of budgets and forecasts, including long-term planning, for Booker. The role works closely with the wider finance team to co-ordinate, consolidate, analyse and challenge the budgets & forecasts proposed. It will be required to work with the Tesco FP&A team to ensure deadlines are met and queries are answered and resolved. There will also be involvement in some period end reporting activities. The role will be play a key part in driving forward the ongoing FP&A agenda in Booker.

• Management and co-ordination of the budgeting & forecasting process including:
+ Preparation of timetables, submission templates and consolidation models. + Consolidation, review and analysis of inputs received from the Finance team. + Submission of excel templates to Tesco FP&A to required timetable. + Preparation of presentations of budget & forecast output for Exec and other meetings. + Ongoing improvement and development of budget & forecasting processes and models.
• Management and co-ordination of the financial submissions for the long-term plan (LTP).
+ Preparation, maintenance and continual improvement of the consolidation model for the LTP financial data. + Consolidation, review and analysis of inputs received from the Finance team. + Submission of excel templates to Tesco FP&A to required timetable. + Involvement in preparation of presentations as required.
• Ownership for the calculation and reporting of statutory sales.
+ Calculation of periodic statutory sales split between key business areas, identifying LFL movements and splitting between inflation and volume/mix movements. + Reporting of statutory sales to Tesco FP&A, including commentary on drivers of variances, via the 'flash' process. + Preparation of quarterly 'SIP' file for submission to Tesco FP&A to be used in the external market reporting. + Preparation of the PowerPoint document for verification and sign-off of the Booker numbers and narrative included in the quarterly market reports.
• Other period end tasks.
+ Reconciliation of the BRP sales between SAP and the sales & margin reports. + Allocation of all levels of Commercial Gross for BRP into the brands. + Preparation of the indicative P&L by customer & channel including calculation of the cost allocations and input into TM1. + Preparation of the periodic sales development slide for the Management Accounts.


• Qualified accountant.
• FP&A experience preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
Skills relevant for this job
• Commercial acumen and Know How and Inquisitive.
• Desire to learn / add value / drive progress.
• Excellence in building positive relationships, whilst robustly challenging norms.
• Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong tech and business analytics skills.