Lead Financial Insights Analyst– 12 month secondment / fixed term contract

£45,000 – £55,000 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 6A)
Manchester - We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office, typically once per week. You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy

We’re looking for a Financial Insights Analyst to join us and support in analysing the impacts of in-store safety, security and crime within stores. Working alongside our Operations Team, you’ll be providing a clear analysis of our performance, translating it into accessible and insightful recommendations so that our senior leaders can use it to inform decisions that optimise the business. 

As a Financial Insights Analyst, you’ll be playing a key part in the team that’s responsible for analysing performance and trends and providing insights from that data in order to plan for the future. If you’re future-focused and can bring us the skills that we need, we can offer you the chance to build your career with a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy. 

What you’ll do

• Work closely with the Operations Innovation Development Lead to understand key projects and the analysis required to make appropriate strategic decisions.
• Work closely with our finance business partners and operations colleagues to deliver detailed and accurate reports, financial plans and insightful analysis.
• Provide variance analysis and insight across the different business areas and projects as required.
• Where necessary, assist the wider Operations Finance Team in completing key planning deliverables.
• Ensure any risk and opportunities are identified and embedded into future forecasts, presenting any financial impacts they might have.
• Support communication with the leadership teams assist them in making well informed decisions that improve business performance.
• Help to tell the story of performance of operational and security projects.
• Provide analysis and support for key projects (particularly Safer Colleagues and other aspects of retail loss), including test and learn analysis.
• Identify any new techniques and methodologies to improve insights and periodic reporting across the network.  

This role would suit people who have

• A professional accountancy qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or are working towards it. 
• Experience in financial analysis, insight, or reporting. 
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and database applications. 
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and present to diverse stakeholders. 
• A proactive approach to prioritizing tasks and driving continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.

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:

• 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. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve. 

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.

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.

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.