Commercial Finance Business Partner - Retail

Your Journey

At Sweaty Betty, we’re more than just a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women.

We’re also a community that believes fitness is a flip-the-switch trigger for becoming the woman you want to be. Leggings and sports bras won’t change the world on their own. But with a grab-my-hand, let’s-go-for-it-now spirit, the women who wear them can.

If you want to join us on the next chapter of our adventure, you’re in the right place. This is an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Finance Business Partner – Retail to join us on our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond by providing accurate and timely financial analysis that enables the Retail Team to make business decisions to drive the profitability of Sweaty Betty

SB Values:

∙ We Really Care ∙ First, Best, Bravest ∙ Our Strength is in Each Other ∙ Stand Up, Speak Up, Shout Out

Your SB Journey:

What You’ll Be Doing

• Responsible for all financial aspects of the Wolverine store portfolio and supporting the SB and Wolverine teams in this exciting project to open new stores in the UK.
• Build strong relationships with the retail leadership team across both SB and Wolverine 
• Own investment appraisal models for all new store openings and post-investment appraisals including operating and capital costs
• Embed best-in-class financial reporting for all Wolverine stores (and support to embed in SB stores too) to enable the leadership team to have timely and informative financial MI of performance of the store portfolio 
• Deliver month-end across the retail portfolio ensuring accuracy and timeliness and understanding of all variances against forecasts and plans
• Own all weekly trade reporting and presentations to the retail teams
• Work with Assistant Managers and Store Managers to deliver training on the financials of their stores to improve financial literacy across the portfolio
• Delivery of planning (Budget) cycles and forecasts
• Ownership of retail financial information in BC and translation into SAP
• Work alongside the SB Finance Manager and support SB retail team as required

Must Haves

• Part Qualified / Qualified Accountant with previous commercial finance experience (Retail experience essential)
• Strong desire to work in a dynamic global activewear and footwear business
• Strong attention to detail and analytics skills (Microsoft Excel), with experience in preparing analysis, insight and recommendations
• A naturally curious and engaging individual, who can step back and consider the bigger picture
• Ability to embrace Ambiguity and adapt methods of thinking with a Can do’ and positive attitude
• Be an engaged, enthusiastic Go-To member of the SB finance team

The Extras

• Generous clothing allowance
• 60% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 flexible bank holidays
• Sample sales
• 10 days work from anywhere policy
• Company bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health Cash Plan benefit with Medicash available to all Sweaty Betty UK Employees (Following successfully passing probation)
• Enhanced Family Leave policy
• Discounts at the best Studio Classes
• SB Flexible Working: we currently work flexibly between the office and home
   

Our D&I Commitment

Our mission is to empower all women. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary to become an inclusive, diverse and actively anti-racist company. We care about our people, our community, our world.  And we want to stand up for what we believe in. 

We want to give our people a platform to use their voice. And actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development and progression across the business. Training our leaders, managers and teams about their rights under our equality, diversity and inclusion policy. And being clear on the responsibilities we hold to each other and our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs. And work harder to make our job advertising more inclusive. 

Ultimately, we’re working to create a culture and team that represents our customers, our community and our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity and the power it gives our team and our business. 

We know we’re on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren’t up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn’t be Sweaty Betty.  We are committed to working across our business and with our Internal Diversity & Inclusion Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say All, we mean it.