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yA newly created role in a scaling, founder-led consumer business operating 35+ retail stores and a fast-growing e-commerce platform. Reporting into the Fractional Head of Finance, you will build and run the company’s commercial insight, forecasting and analytical capability from the ground up; partnering across retail, procurement, inventory, e-commerce and operations to sharpen decision-making on pricing, promotions, customer profitability and store performance
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This is not a traditional back-office finance role. We are looking for a commercially minded operator who can turn financial and operational data into fast, actionable insights that improve growth, margin, inventory efficiency and business performanc
e.The role suits someone who thrives in a fast-moving, founder-led environment where speed, accountability and commercial thinking are valued over bureaucrac
y.Key responsibilities
- Own the annual operating plans (AOP), and the long-range planning models across revenue, gross profit and operating expenses.
- Act as lead finance business partner to store operations, purchasing, e-commerce, inventory, real estate, HR and other functions
- Track commercial and financial KPIs; analyse risks and opportunities and turn them into actions
- Own the 13-week cash forecast and conduct quarterly supplier spend reviews with Procurement
- Own pricing governance: building, maintaining and enforcing the pricing policy and supporting revenue management decisions
- Perform competitor analysis and market monitoring to surface risks and opportunities
- Support investment appraisals, new initiatives and special projects for the senior leadership team
- Produce month-end reporting packs for the management team in collaboration with the accounting team.
- Own inventory and working capital analytics, including stock ageing, stock turns, category profitability and forecasting accuracy
- Build commercial scorecards and dashboards that give leadership real-time visibility into sales, margin, inventory and operational performance.
- Partner with procurement and operations teams to improve margin protection, stock allocation and cash efficiency
- Translate complex financial and operational information into simple, decision-ready insights for founders and senior leadership
About you
- Degree educated; a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) highly desirable
- Significant FP&A experience, ideally in a multi-site retail or consumer business, with exposure to pricing, revenue management or commercial strategy.
- Strong financial modelling skills; able to translate data into clear, actionable insights and polished reporting packs.
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-influencing skills.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-changing environment; proactive, accountable and commercially minded.
- Strong commercial instinct and ability to operate at pace in a scaling founder-led environment.
- Experience working with inventory-heavy, fast-moving or consumer-led businesses is highly advantageous.
- Ability to challenge assumptions, simplify complexity and improve decision-making across the business.
What’s on offer
- Competitive base salary.
- Performance-led bonus
- Hybrid working (3 days in the Southampton/Eastleigh office). Fully on-site during the induction period.
- Opportunity to help shape the finance and commercial operating model of a rapidly scaling business.
Pay: £60,000.00-£75,000.00 per year