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.

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 famil