Finance Analyst - Selling Costs

Role overview

As a Finance Analyst at Vision Express, your core responsibility will be business partnering with relevant local and corporate functions to ensure control over selling costs in the Vision Express P&L. This includes collaborating with the marketing leadership team to control marketing spend; the Property and Facilities & Maintenance teams to control occupancy costs; and the IT Director to control IT spend. 

As a key part of the FP&A team, you will also lead on selling cost specific budgeting and forecasting; assist in all aspects of group reporting; and take responsibility for Corporate Real Estate property approvals.

Who are we?

We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family. EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses. We are home to the most loved and widely recognised vision care and eyewear brands in the world. Their priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Ability to foster strong business partnering relationships with key senior stakeholders and the confidence to challenge and influence as appropriate

• Experience in managing budgets and forecasts is critical for success in this role

• Exceptional communication skills, you should be comfortable making the complex simple for all stakeholders

• the ability to organise tasks and with a high level of adaptability

•  Excel proficiency is essential and experience with reporting systems such as Essbase is highly desired
• Quality focused with a critical eye for detail 

Hybrid Working Policy

At Vision Express, we understand the importance of work-life balance, so we offer flexibility to work from the office and home in the form of our hybrid working policy. In brief, we work 3 office days, to ensure you get the best of both worlds. We’ll talk more about how this looks for you during your interview.

Anything else you should know?

· Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one of joining us!

· Access to our free onsite gym in our Ruddington Store Support Centre

· Flexible health related benefits, such as; Health Cash plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover and Dental Plan
· Flexible lifestyle benefits, such as; Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and our Cycle to Work Scheme
· Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
· Discounts for friends and family

· And so much more!