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We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego. Shape the work behind some of the world’s most loved sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands. At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world. The UK & Ireland Senior Finance Business Partner acts as the trusted financial partner for the UK & Ireland region, embedded directly within the commercial leadership team. Your mission is to shift Finance from reactive to diagnostic; to move conversations away from “what happened” and towards “why it happened, what it means, and what we do about it.” You will bring the numbers to life in a way that drives real commercial outcomes, improving margin, sharpening forecasts, and making Pentland’s Finance function the team that commercial leaders actively What you’ll be doing: Strategic Business Partnership Embed with regional commercial leadership to shape medium-term strategic plans, covering channel mix, pricing models, promotional cadence, and portfolio margin optimisation. Translate strategic commercial initiatives into financial frameworks, KPIs and scenario models that inform decision gates and build commercial confidence. Be proactively involved in route-to-market decisions, ensuring Finance is front and centre of the key strategic projects at Pentland. Build strong credibility across stakeholders so they proactively seek out Finance’s expertise, not just when there’s a problem. Budgeting, Forecasting & IBP Lead the regional contribution to the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, ensuring assumptions are challenging, aligned and traceable to global and EMEA forecasts. Drive forecast accuracy and root-cause variance analysis, moving conversations from reactive to diagnostic. Embed variance analysis using consistent driver frameworks that link to demand, pricing, and supply constraints. Improve forecasting quality by embedding budget holders into the process and holding them accountable for their inputs. Performance Reporting & Margin Insight Deliver region-specific performance reporting (weekly and monthly), including margin decomposition, promotion ROI, channel profitability, stock impacts on sales and margin, and trend analysis. Provide actionable insights, going beyond the numbers to influence commercial decisions on new product introductions, markdowns, pricing levers, and route-to-market shifts. Drive margin rate improvements through a comprehensive review of customer terms. Deliver customer profitability P&Ls across your region, giving the commercial team a clear view of where value is created and where it is eroded. Provide greater insight into functional costs and the drivers behind variances, improving transparency and accountability. Decision Support & Scenario Planning Build and maintain models for what-if scenario evaluations, including price elasticity, assortment optimisation, and cannibalisation impacts. Develop and maintain scenario models for discounting strategies, channel shifts, and promotional levers. Partner with commercial teams to stress-test planning assumptions and strategic trade-offs, ensuring decisions are made with a full understanding of the financial implications. Stock & Operational Finance Work with Merchandise Planners to establish a regular rhythm of actionable meetings on aged stock, driving clear decisions and reducing working capital risk. Work closely w