Financial Planning Manager
£50,000 – £55,000 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester - We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between working from home and our Manchester office typically once a week. You can visit our Hybrid Working Policy for more information https://colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy

We’re looking for a Financial Planning Manager to join our Funeralcare finance team and help drive our pre-need business forward. You’ll work closely with senior finance leaders and commercial teams, ensuring strategies, risks, and opportunities are reflected in our future plans. We’re in the middle of transforming how we do business, and your role will be crucial in making it a success—benefiting our members, customers, and colleagues.

In this role, you’ll analyse performance, identify trends, and provide insights to support budgeting, forecasting, and planning. You’ll help us adapt to industry changes and ensure we have the right products for our customers. Strong people skills and financial know-how are essential, and in return, we’ll offer you the chance to build a career in a business that puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• Present accurate and meaningful insights into the data, telling the performance story and informing our strategic decision-making
• Engage with senior teams across the business to make sure any financial impacts, risks, and opportunities are understood and reflected in the budget and forecast
• Collaborate with our commercial teams, enabling them to understand industry landscape and making sure our strategy is up to date and reactive to change
• Deliver periodic latest views, together with more formal budgets and forecasts, as well as co-ordination of the multi-year plan, making sure that the correct assumptions accurately reflect how we expect to outturn
• Produce clear planning and reporting communication packs for a range of audiences up to senior level
• Have a focus on continuous improvement and drive innovation in processes and outputs

This role would suit people who have

• Accountancy qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, etc.) and experience as a finance manager, focusing on planning, analysis, and reporting 
• Proven track record in managing budgets, forecasting, and handling large data sets 
• Strong communication skills, able to present and influence both financial and non-financial audiences, including senior leaders 
• In-depth knowledge of finance systems and processes, including general ledger and BI tools 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment, with experience leading key projects and collaborating in team settings 

Why Co-op? 

Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organisation with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes:

• 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

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

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

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.