Fortnum & Mason
Commercial Finance Business Partner
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About the Role
Our Head Office department is in the heart of Piccadilly and occupies the 5th & 6th floor of our beautiful flagship store. This central London location offers so much to explore including restaurants, bars, cultural sites, shopping and more, and only a short walk from the Green Park Tube Station and plenty of bus stops.
This role is a pivotal part of the Commercial Finance function, with responsibility for running core FP&A processes, producing high-quality analysis, and partnering with multiple stakeholders across the business. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of FP&A, Buying & Merchandising, Wholesale, IT, and Head Office functions, as well as supporting the Exec Portfolio review process.
The role is well-suited to someone analytically strong, highly proficient in Excel, comfortable with complexity, and energised by cross-functional business partnering.
Key Accountabilities
Capital Expenditure & Portfolio Governance
- Support the monthly Portfolio Review* with the Executive Team, where strategic and capital projects are assessed and approved.
- Prepare analysis, business cases, and tracking to support decision-making.
- Maintain accurate Capital Spend Tracking*, ensuring visibility of actuals, commitments, and forecast cashflow across all projects.
- Implement and deliver post-investment reviews*, evaluating project outcomes versus original business cases, identifying learnings, and strengthening future investment decision-making.
Business Partnering
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- Provide analysis and insight across wholesale performance, supporting the Wholesale Business Partner with reporting, forecasting, and commercial analysis.
- Work with the IT leadership team to understand cost drivers, challenge assumptions, and improve financial visibility.
- Own reporting, budgeting, and forecasting for central cost areas, ensuring clear cost control and actionable insight.
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Support the FP&A cycle, including forecasting, variance analysis, and insightful commentary.
- Support the creation and consolidation of the Monthly Board Pack, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and high-quality storytelling.
- Support the annual Budget, Forecast, and Five-Year Plan processes, working closely with senior Finance leadership and business units.
Buying & Merchandising (B&M) – Margin & Inventory
- Partner with B&M to deliver robust weekly and monthly margin reporting.
- Analyse margin performance, stock positions, intake, and movements, identifying variances versus budget and last year.
- Support the continuous improvement and automation of margin and stock reporting.
Tools, Systems, and Process Improvement
- Use advanced Excel skills to build and refine models, trackers, and analytical tools.
- Support improvements in reporting automation, data integrity, and process efficiency.
- Collaborate with BI and wider business to enhance reporting capability across the business.
Role Specific Criteria (Experience/Behaviours/Technical Ability)
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- ACCA, CIMA or ACA part-qualified
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Ability to develop data platforms and commercial reports
- Experience in retail desirable
- Highest standards of accuracy and precision
- Highly organised, with an ability to multi task at speed
- Articulate with excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated
- Use of Business Intelligence platform, such as Power BI (desired)
- Ability to manage objections and conflicts in an effective way (desired)
Why Work For Us
- Competitive salary
- A generous store and restaurant discount of up to 40%
- 25 days holidays (excluded bank holidays) and an extra day off for your birthday
- A fantastic subsidised staff restaurant which uses Fortnum’s ingredients
- A range of opportunities to develop and grow personally and professionally
- Excellent pension scheme
We are committed to developing your career and nurturing your talent, regardless of age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation. We respect and embrace each other's differences, to create a truly inclusive environment.
In the last year alone, our people have been recognised and celebrated, winning awards for their outstanding contributions to Retail, Technology, Global Hospitality & Tourism, Visual Merchandising & Display, Customer Service and Local Community Awards
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