Finance Business Partner – Logistics (10-11 months secondment/fixed-term contract - parental cover)
Circa £65,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)
Remote/hybrid (based in United Kingdom) with approximately one day per week travelling to our depots across the UK (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy)

We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team on a 10-11 month fixed-term contract to support the commercial business partnering activity for our Logistics depots. You’ll work closely with our logistics leadership team to provide financial insights that support their decision-making.

We’ll look to you to build a clear understanding of our logistics teams and their needs, as well as identifying and exploring continuous improvement opportunities.

What you’ll do

• Partner with our logistics operational teams, central teams, and depots to set finance targets for their areas and identify potential improvement opportunities
• Develop financial plans, ensuring robust financial control
• Share clear and effective financial insights with senior leaders to help inform their decision-making
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis support
• Work on cross-finance projects to deliver improvements to control, reporting, and insights

This role would suit people who have

• A finance qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ACA etc) or relevant experience
• Experience supporting business transformations within a complex environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The ability to communicate complex insights in a clear and accessible way
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

As a Co-op colleague, 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:

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (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 a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

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 and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.