Overview of the role
The FP&A Manager plays a key role in supporting the financial planning, analysis, and performance management of the organisation. Working closely with the Senior FP&A Manager and cross-functional stakeholders, the role is responsible for delivering insightful financial analysis, supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and providing clear, data-driven insights to support strategic decision making. The role will take ownership of central cost reporting and analysis, monitor and interpret market share performance, and contribute to the ongoing development and refresh of board-level reporting. Acting as a trusted partner to business stakeholders, the FP&A Manager will translate financial data into actionable insights that drive operational and strategic improvements.
Main Responsibility
Financial planning & Analysis
- Support the preparation and delivery of monthly management reporting, including variance analysis, commentary, and insights for stakeholders.
- Assist with the budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring alignment with business objectives and providing clear financial visibility
- Develop and maintain financial models to support planning, scenario analysis, and performance tracking.
- Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support strategic decision making and business initiatives.
Central cost management
- Take ownership of the analysis and monitoring of central costs, ensuring clear visibility of spending and identifying opportunities for efficiency and optimisation.
- Partner with functional budget owners to track expenditure against target, providing challenge where appropriate.
- Support cost control initiatives through analysis of cost drivers and identification of improvement opportunities.
Market Share and commercial insight
- Monitor and analyse market share data, providing insights into trends, competitive positioning, and performance relative to the market.
- Support commercial teams with performance analysis and strategic insights to inform business decisions.
Property & Disposal Analysis
- Support the property team in providing analysis on stores up for disposal, checking these are still the right stores to dispose, and calculating overlay adjustments required in the P&L.
Board & Executive Reporting
- Support the development and refresh of the board reporting pack, ensuring clarity, consistency, and relevance of financial insights.
- Ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned with leadership requirements.
Business Partnering
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across finance and operational teams.
- Translate complex financial information into clear insights that support operational decision making.
- Support the Senior FP&A Manager in driving a culture of data-driven decision making across the organisation.
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will ideally have the following skills/experience:
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
- Experience: Minimum 1-2 years PQE in FP&A or similar roles within large, complex organisations; experience in retail or wholesale sectors preferred.
- Skills:
- Financial Modelling: Advanced Excel and modelling skills.
- Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills with experience in BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
- Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with Anaplan, OLAP structures, and ERP systems.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to senior stakeholders
- Influencing & Negotiation: Ability to influence budget holders and senior leaders through data-driven insights
Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.
Package Description
- Competitive salaries
- Excellent training & development opportunities
- Paid Holidays
- Workplace pension scheme
- Staff Discount
- Travel Loans and more…
About the Company
For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.
Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.
The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.
We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.
We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.
‘Together we make a difference’