Finance Business Partner – Cycling and W&D

About us 

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. 

The role 

As a Finance Business Partner at Halfords, you’ll play a key role in supporting our Cycling and Warehouse & Distribution (W&D) areas, working at the heart of the business to drive commercial performance. This is a newly shaped role within a growing finance function, where you’ll act as a trusted partner to category, retail and B2B stakeholders, providing insight, challenge and support to help shape decisions and unlock value. 

You’ll spend your time out in the business, working closely with stakeholders to understand performance, evaluate new propositions and influence decision-making. From analysing data and identifying key drivers of performance, to supporting investment cases and ongoing trading decisions, you’ll become the go-to person for financial insight. You’ll help teams understand the levers that impact profitability, challenge assumptions, and ensure decisions are backed by robust, data-led analysis. 

This is an exciting time to join, with real opportunity to shape how finance partners these areas going forward. You’ll have the chance to bring more detailed, value-driven analysis into category performance, influence how we measure success, and play a visible role in driving better commercial outcomes. It’s a role with strong exposure, variety, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact in a fast-moving retail environment. 

Key responsibilities 

Partner with stakeholders across Cycling and W&D, acting as a trusted advisor on performance, opportunities and risks 

Provide commercial and financial support and challenge to investment projects and initiatives. Including creation of business case, spend control, tracking of benefits to ensure key outcomes are met  

Analyse trading performance, identifying key drivers, trends and areas to improve profitability. Ensure stakeholders understand current position v budget and be closed to opportunities and risks. 

Translate data into clear, actionable insight to support decision-making across category, retail and B2B teams 

Challenge assumptions and influence stakeholders to drive better commercial outcomes 

Quarterly forecasting and budgeting, highlighting opportunities and risks to Leadership team to ensure strategy is in line with overall objectives. 

Develop a deep understanding of category performance, identifying key levers to drive value 

About you  

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a strong foundation in finance 

Demonstrable experience in a finance business partnering or commercially focused finance role 

Proven ability to influence and build relationships with stakeholders across different levels of the business 

Strong analytical capability, with experience using Excel, Power BI and ERP systems (e.g. SAP) to interpret data 

Confident communicator, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insight 

Commercially minded, and able to identify drivers of performance and opportunities to improve outcomes 

Proactive and self-motivated, comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced environment 

Curious and detail-focused, with a problem-solving mindset and a drive to challenge and improve 

Able to balance multiple priorities while maintaining a high standard of accuracy and delivery 

Reward & benefits  

A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave. 

Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations. 

We offer hybrid working with a blend of working in our Support Centre and from home.   

You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.  

Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords. 

Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family. 

At Halfords, we operate a hybrid working policy with 3 days on site at our Support Centre in Redditch, Worcestershire.