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Join Rapha's Dynamic Finance Team and Propel Your Career in a Passion-Driven Environment
Overview
Salary
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Location
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Rapha, a leader in the cycling industry, is seeking a diligent Finance Professional to join its vibrant team. This position offers the chance to work in a spirited environment focused on advancing cycling culture. Rapha is not just about high-quality cycling apparel; it's a community that invests in its employees, offering flexible working hours, study support, and a robust benefits package, including generous discounts and parental leave.
- Assist in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning.
- Engage in KPI analysis, capital expenditure analysis, and prepare reports for executives and the Board.
- Manage treasury functions, including cash flow reporting, currency requirements, and liquidity analysis.
- Partner with various business channels to provide financial insights and reports, influencing commercial decisions.
- Analyze cost variances, identify financial risks and opportunities, and communicate findings to leadership.
- Relevant degree or part-qualified with a strong understanding of accounting and financial reporting.
- Commercial acumen with advanced Excel skills and a fast-paced work ethic.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Desirable: Experience with Power BI, Microsoft Business Central, cash flow management, and retail environments.
- Interest in cycling or sports is advantageous.
The Role
As a key member of the Rapha finance team, this role is responsible for supporting the execution of the financial planning process as well as taking a key role in partnering with senior stakeholders in the business and aiding in commercial decision making. The role encompasses budgeting, forecasting, long-term strategic planning, KPI analysis, analysis for capital expenditure, executive and Board reporting, treasury analysis as well as month-end deliverables.
Responsibilities
Financial Planning:
Work closely with the Head of Finance and FP&A Manager to support the delivery of full business budgets, rolling forecasts and long range models as required
Work closely with channel owners across the business to produce and collate forecasts
Work with budget holders and business partners to prepare forecasts for central and regional marketing
Responsible for managing the forecasting system loads and reconciliations
Treasury:
Prepare the weekly cash flow report file, explaining variances to forecast and weekly movements in inflow and outflow forecasts.
Analyse weekly bank balances and payment runs alongside the Head of Transactional Services to manage currency requirements.
Prepare the currency cash flow model, formulate quarterly hedge requirements and provide cash and liquidity analysis.
Business Partnering and Reporting:
Business partner with channel owners and budget holders as required
Produce monthly reports using a range of sources, with a focus on sales, margin and variable costs across all territories
Provide routine and ad-hoc reporting and analysis to the team and to business partners which includes key metrics, financial results and variance reporting
Own monthly Flash reporting
Cost Analysis:
Complete monthly overheads variance analysis; understanding movements and highlighting any risks or opportunities to the Budget/Forecast
Summarise and explain variances for senior leadership, enabling the right decisions to be made
Work with management accountants and budget owners across the business to understand and challenge their costs each month, ensuring commercial basis and accuracy
About You:
Essentials:
Solid understanding of accounting and financial reporting - relevant degree or part qualified
Strong commercial and analytical mindset
Proficiency in working in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic, global business environment
Advanced Excel skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong academics
Strong organisational skills; ability to manage multiple projects in an efficient way
Ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines
Energetic, excited to learn with a growth mindset
Flexible approach to work, acting in the best interest of the business
Desirable:
Experience with Power BI and/or Power Query and/or working with data cubes
Experience with Microsoft Business Central
Experience working with cash flow and/or treasury forecasts
Passionate about cycling or other sports
Experience in a multi-territory, multi-currency retail environment
Commercial understanding of retail gross margin
Working at Rapha
We are continuously looking into ways to invest in our employees and build a better working culture and environment. Here are just some of the internal benefits we offer.
Flexible working hours
Support ad-hoc remote working during the week - Minimum 3 days in office
Study support for ACCA or CIMA (courses and first time exams up to 4 per year)
Free barista coffee and Thursday afternoon social drinks in the office
Monthly department social events and quarterly office social away days
We offer a flexible riding benefit to allow you to go out riding on a Wednesday morning with colleagues or learn to cycle through our Getting Started Scheme.
We offer all our employees a 50% apparel discount
An annual clothing allowance
Free membership to the Rapha Cycling Club
Company Pension Scheme
Enhanced Parental Leave
