Sales and Commercial Finance Analyst – Coop Wholesale
£28,000 to £37,000 plus benefits (Work Level 6B)
Hybrid working (coming into our Manchester or Scunthorpe office 1 day per week and the rest of the week from home)

We’re looking for a motivated Finance Analyst to join us at Coop Wholesale. Since 1977, we’ve championed independent retailers to thrive with Nisa – and now, we’re entering a bold new chapter as Co-op Wholesale. It’s the same spirit, with bigger ambition: bringing the power of Co-op to more local businesses than ever. And with that, exciting opportunities are on the rise, like this one.

In this role, you’ll support our Sales and Commercial Finance team and wider stakeholders, providing detailed weekly/monthly customer sales performance reports and in depth customer profitability analysis that’ll help us to make important investment decisions and allow us to grow. This role will support our planning and forecasting cycles and will also manage the administration of customer income streams.

If you have the experience and financial competence that we need, we can provide a great opportunity for you to develop your career and work with the senior leaders within our wholesale business, making a real difference to the delivery of our profit.

What you’ll do

• Optimise and support the automation of Sales and Commercial Finance reporting; making sure it’s clear and concise with key targets to drive business performance
• Support Finance and other key stakeholders with various pieces of ad-hoc analysis and reporting
• Own the process for invoicing our partner subscriptions charges
• Analyse profitability of our partners – including the review of advance payment requests and the process to ensuring these are approved
• Support on forecasting, budgeting and planning for the Sale and Commercial team 
• Provide cover across the Sales and Commercial Finance team as required

This role would suit people who have

• Qualified or part qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with experience of designing, building and maintaining complex financial models in Microsoft Excel
• The ability to understand and interpret complex data sets and summarise findings in a simple and easy to understand format  
• Budgeting and forecasting skills
• Great communication skills, with a talent for building strong relationships with colleagues at different levels across the business, challenging and influencing when necessary
• Lots of self-motivation and enthusiasm, with an adaptable and flexible attitude when it comes to solving problems and exploring new opportunities

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, 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).

• 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 app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

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.

Building a diverse 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 jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-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 up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.