Finance Business Partner - Group Central Payroll

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We have an exciting new opportunity to join our Payroll Team as Finance Business Partner - Group Central Payroll at Holland & Barrett. The Finance Business Partner for Head Office Payroll is responsible for providing strategic financial support and insights to all Head Office functions. This role focuses on Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting of the associated costs of a c1,800 headcount, ensuring compliance, accuracy, appropriate accounting treatment and optimizing financial performance related to payroll activities.

The Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Analysis & Reporting:
  
  
  • Analyse payroll and headcount data and provide insights to drive cost efficiencies and support decision-making.
  • Prepare regular financial reports, forecasts, and budgets for payroll-related activities, including leading the annual Budgeting process for all headcount related costs.
  • Monitor and report on Payroll & Headcount KPIs to senior management.
  • Build strong relationships across the business and broader Commercial Finance team to deliver comprehensive analysis along with supporting commentary
    
    
• Payroll Cost Management:
  
  
  • Collaborate with HR (HRIS and HR Business Partnering) to ensure all financial planning and reporting is aligned with HR data.
  • Manage relationships with external international payroll providers and ensure accuracy and consistency through regular account reconciliation.
    
    
• Business Partnering:
  
  
  • Provide analytical support and forward-thinking insights on all payroll & headcount matters to drive strategic decision-making across the business, ensuring the achievement of critical transformational targets.
  • Work closely with HR Business Partners and department heads to understand their payroll budget / planning challenges and provide solutions.
  • Perform ad hoc deep dives as necessary to highlight risks and opportunities for the business and communicate findings
  • Support the Tech function & CDO with supporting costings of Capitalizable activity
    
    
• Compliance & Risk Management: 

• Ensure compliance with all internal accounting policies. 
• Identify and mitigate financial risks related to payroll & headcount, working closely with FP&A team to ensure consistent view of these in all reporting outputs
• Support audits and implement recommendations as necessary.

Location:

This role is based in Nuneaton, and may be occasionally required to travel to our London Hub or to any other location of H&B. We support flexibility and productivity of our employees by hybrid working arrangements with minimum 2 days presence in the office.

The Person:

Key Requirements: 

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA)
• Retail experience desirable, preferably within a commercial finance role, ideally with a headcount focus
• Inquisitive problem solver
• Experience in proactively managing ambiguity
• Strong Excel Data Modelling skills

What we offer:

Our Benefits for this role include, but not limited to:

• H&B Employee Discount - 25%
• Bonus
• Pension company contribution
• 33 Days Holiday per year (Inclusive of bank holidays)
• Private Medical Care
• Exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
• Electric Car Scheme

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B. 

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