Overview
Salary Details: From £30,000 + benefits package
Location: Century House Brunel Road Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate
Job Reference: cardfac/TP/1417897/31830
We have a new and exciting opportunity! Join us as a Commercial Finance Analyst, supporting our IT and Transformation teams. Your role is pivotal in analysing financial performance generating insightful management information for informed decision-making and contributing to setting ambitious yet achievable business plans to fulfil our goals.
Please note, this is a hybrid role with 2 days per week in our Wakefield office
What you’ll do
In this role, you’ll deliver clear financial insight and support decision-making across the business. You will produce P&L reviews and provide analysis to senior stakeholders, including ad-hoc executive requests. You’ll also support investment decisions through business case and capex analysis, as well as produce monthly KPI reporting with clear performance commentary.
You’ll ensure the accuracy of key retail metrics, own data for forecasting and modelling, and support budgeting cycles while improving financial models to enhance insight. The role also involves analysing costs, identifying efficiency opportunities, and maintaining finance tools and processes, alongside delivering high-quality ad-hoc analysis to support strategic decisions.
What you’ll bring
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel capability; experience or interest in Power BI/SAP
- Commercial mindset with a genuine interest in understanding the wider business
- Highly organised with a methodical approach and strong attention to detail
- Curious and proactive in understanding key business drivers and their impact
- Confident building relationships with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Adaptable, able to manage changing priorities and meet deadlines
- Driven by continuous improvement and delivering high-quality insight
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Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings 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.
In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Benefits
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave
This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.
For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email)
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.
No agencies, please.
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