Finance Business Partner (12 month FTC)

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment. 

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly. 

If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far. 

As a Finance Business Partner in our Commercial team, you'll play a central role in supporting an accelerating programme of investment across our store and digital estate. This is a 12 month fixed term contract with a project-focused remit, sitting embedded within project teams and providing the financial modelling, analysis, and commercial challenge that helps the business make confident decisions about where and how it invests. 

The bulk of your time will be spent building and refining Excel models, tracking actuals as projects progress, and presenting findings to senior stakeholders in a way that makes complex financial information accessible and actionable. With 16 projects planned this year alone as part of a broader two to three year roadmap, there is plenty to get stuck into from day one. 

This is a hands-on role with real visibility, where your work will directly influence decisions about what Halfords' retail estate looks like in the future. You'll get exposure to directors and senior leaders, occasional travel to stores to see the impact of changes first hand, and the opportunity to be genuinely close to the action rather than reporting from a distance. If you're a strong modeller who enjoys being embedded in the business and wants a finance role with a different feel to it, this is a great opportunity to get stuck in. 

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  Provide dedicated finance business partnering support across a portfolio of retail estate and distribution centre investment projects, embedded within project teams and contributing to key decisions throughout the project lifecycle 

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  Build, maintain, and continuously refine financial models in Excel that support investment appraisals, scenario planning, and project tracking 

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  Track actuals as projects progress, comparing performance against models and providing clear, timely updates on variances, risks, and opportunities 

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  Present financial models and analysis to senior stakeholders including directors, translating complex outputs into clear and accessible insight that supports informed decision-making 

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  Support the acceleration of the project roadmap, ensuring finance is a proactive and valued partner across all active projects 

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  Contribute to the development of commercial business cases and investment appraisals, challenging assumptions and ensuring financial rigour throughout 

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  Engage with store teams and operational colleagues during site visits, gathering feedback and grounding financial analysis in operational reality 

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong, demonstrable experience in financial modelling, with Excel as your primary tool