Job no: 559260
Work type: Full time
Site: Redditch
Categories: Finance
Location: Worcestershire
Salary: Competitive
Business Area: Halfords Support Centre

ABOUT US

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.
The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.
If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Due to internal development, we are recruiting for a Head of Finance - a critical leadership role at the forefront of Halfords’ transformation. This is a unique opportunity to join our Commercial Finance team at a pivotal moment, guiding a talented team of six and partnering with key functions across Marketing, Customer, Digital, Technology, and Transformation. You’ll be a catalyst for change, helping us unlock value, shape strategic decisions, and deliver high-impact business outcomes.
You’ll be right at the centre of our journey - supporting the evolution of customer propositions, driving smarter investment decisions, and helping us deliver real, measurable results. From shaping loyalty strategy to tracking digital spend, you’ll bring sharp insight, commercial challenge, and a deep understanding of what drives value. If you’re motivated by meaningful change, confident in your ability to drive impact, and ready to shape the direction of a dynamic business, this is a role where you can truly make a difference.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build strong, influential partnerships with our Marketing, Customer, Technology, Digital and Transformation teams to support bold, business-wide initiatives.
• Lead and inspire a high-performing finance team that acts as a trusted advisor and critical friend to the functions it supports.
• Collaborate with the Transformation Office to shape and support major change programmes, ensuring projects are strategically aligned and customer-focused.
• Drive rigorous tracking of project spend and benefits, supporting robust governance with high-quality investment appraisals and insightful post-investment reviews.
• Take ownership of Marketing spend, evaluating investment effectiveness and working cross-functionally to shape and deliver the most impactful commercial plans.
• Provide commercial modelling and decision support for high-profile customer initiatives, including loyalty, life-of-car, and other strategic propositions.
• Partner closely with the Loyalty team to deliver regular P&L and KPI reporting, and offer clear, actionable insights to guide proposition development and commercial performance.
• Oversee financial management of Technology and Digital investments, ensuring accurate capitalisation and alignment with our target operating model.
• Lead the ongoing drive for cost efficiencies, identifying and tracking risks and opportunities to deliver savings above and beyond budget expectations.