<div class="box fr-view" id="jobmain"><!-- Introduction --><div><h3>Job Introduction</h3><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:rgb(255,255,255);padding:5px 0px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Exciting opportunity alert! Join our team at cardfactory as a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst. We are looking for a qualified / part-qualified finance professional with a strong commercial background / mind set and a drive to add value. Your ability to quickly build stakeholder relationships will be vital in this role, gaining trust and the confidence needed to support a collaborative, successful partnership.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:rgb(255,255,255);padding:5px 0px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">As part of the team reporting to the Senior Commercial Finance Manager, you will support our Business Development and Trading teams. &nbsp;Your key responsibilities include tracking costs and benefits, managing budgets, and leading monthly cost centre reviews as well as financial modelling to underpin agreements. Success in this role depends on meeting financial targets, proactive risk identification, and support development of strategic business cases.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:rgb(255,255,255);padding:5px 0px;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:rgb(255,255,255);">Located at Junction 41 in Wakefield, with a flexible, hybrid work model, colleagues are expected to work in the office for a minimum of two days per week with additional attendance as required.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:rgb(255,255,255);padding:5px 0px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:rgb(255,255,255);">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:rgb(255,255,255);">This opportunity offers a platform to make a substantial impact within our team driving success and innovation. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Join us at cardfactory and be a key player in driving financial oversight and success in critical projects. <strong style="font-weight:700;">#Finance</strong> <strong style="font-weight:700;">#CommercialFinance</strong> <strong style="font-weight:700;">#Opportunity</strong></span></p></div><!-- Responsibilities --><div><h3>Role Responsibility</h3><ul style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm;"><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead weekly trading and revenue reporting, working with Account Managers to support variance analysis and performance insights.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prepare and present updates in weekly trading meetings, highlighting trends, risks and opportunities.</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Partner with Management Accounts and Business Development Team in monthly accounts reviews, ensuring accuracy and clarity of performance reporting.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead the annual budget and in year forecasting process across all Partner accounts and new business pipeline, ensuring alignment with commercial strategy and financial targets. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Build and maintain robust financial models for all new business partnership opportunities, supporting investment decisions and commercial negotiations.</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evaluate performance of existing partnerships through regular analysis, identifying underperformance and recommending corrective actions.&nbsp;</span></li></ul><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><ul style="margin-bottom:0cm;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Support the integration of acquired companies through alignment of local partnership financials and performance metrics with the Group wide commercial strategy, ensuring consistent reporting and decision-making frameworks.</span></li></ul></div><ul style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm;"><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with teams from newly acquired businesses to understand legacy partnership models and identify opportunities for value creation and risks</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collation and analysis of financial information for Group competitors and potential acquisition targets to expand and maintain central live valuation model.</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and maintain a suite of KPIs to track financial and operational performance, ensuring visibility of success metrics and progress over time.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Identify and communicate risks and opportunities across the partnership portfolio and new business pipeline, providing actionable insights and influencing decisions that drive profitability and growth. &nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment on commercial assumptions, reporting and decision-making.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide indirect line management, to Junior Analyst who supports with the delivery of the Weekly Trading reporting.&nbsp;</span></li></ul></div><!-- Ideal Candidate --><div><h3>The Ideal Candidate</h3><ul style="list-style-type:disc;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Qualified/Part-qualified finance professional who is commercially minded&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience in either Management Accounts or Commercial Finance roles.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong analytical skills to interpret financial data, prepare reports, business case modelling and forecasting to inform decision making.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey complex financial insights to non-finance stakeholders and collaborate cross functionally.</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Proven and demonstrable ability to build productive working relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong critical thinking skills to identify issues and problem solving.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities, demonstrating resilience and flexibility.&nbsp;</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good base knowledge of accounting principles and practices, and investment appraisal methodologies.</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience in previous Business Partnership role is advantageous.</span></li></ul></div><!-- About the Company --><div><h3>About the Company</h3><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland.  In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer.  This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey. &nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">Benefits</strong></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;">25% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Save As You Earn scheme</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Financial Wellbeing Support &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;">Financial Education Tools</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Salary Advance</li></ul></li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Seasonal incentive schemes</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to blended learning and development content</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Discounted mobile phone contracts</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><iframe height="100%" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kyRjr40aYYE?showinfo=0&amp;controls=0&amp;rel=0" width="100%"></iframe><span style="display:none;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">No agencies, please.</p></div><!-- Hiring Organisation --><div><p>Sportswift Ltd T/A cardfactory</p></div><!-- Apply Button --><a href="https://careers.cfjobs.co.uk/members/?j=27890&amp;lang=en&amp;" class="btn btn-apply applybottom">Apply<i class="fas fa-chevron-right"></i></a></div>