Lead Finance Planning & Reporting Analyst
£40,000 to £47,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)
Manchester City Centre (Hybrid)

We’re open to applications from people who may require flexible working arrangements. There’ll be an opportunity to discuss your flexible working requirements during the interview process, and at offer stage.

We’re looking for a Lead Finance Planning & Reporting Analyst to join our Funeralcare Financial Planning and Analysis team in Manchester. We’ll look to you to pull together the data that shows our complete Funeralcare performance, which we’ll use to reflect on the past and plan for the future. You’ll collect insights and sport trends to support our decision-making, and build strong relationships with our finance partners to help with overall service delivery. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way - spending at least one day per week working from the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at https://jobs.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

What you’ll do

• Work closely with our FPAR leaders to deliver detailed and accurate reports and financial plans
• Provide variance analysis and insight across a variety of business areas and projects
• Make sure any risks and opportunities are identified and considered in future forecasts and present any financial impacts they might have
• Explore new analysis techniques and methodologies to improve the quality and value of the insights we provide
• Help our Funeralcare senior leadership team to understand our financial performance
• Build data models to create a forecast and carry-out analyses

This role would suit people who have

• An accountancy qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or relevant accountancy experience
• Experience working in an analysis, insight, or financial reporting team
• A solid understanding of analytical methods, practices, and techniques
• Strong IT skills (including Microsoft Excel and database applications)
• Good communication skills, with the ability to translate technical language to a non-technical audience
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• An annual incentive scheme (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build more value for our member-owners every day.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion here

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.