Head of Finance - Digital Retail
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About the role
276457BR
Head of Finance - Digital Retail
Nottingham, Nottingham Support Office
Permanent
Full-time
Job Description
Contract: Permanent
Location: Nottingham Support Office
Closing Date: 9th July 2026
Recruitment Partner: samantha.bramhall@boots.co.uk
Ready for your next move in digital commerce finance leadership?
If you’re a commercially driven finance professional with a track record of influencing decision-making and delivering digital retail results, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing
As the Head of Finance for Digital Retail, you will be a strategic partner to our e-commerce senior leadership team, reporting directly to the Finance Director. You will lead a team of Finance Managers and collaborate closely with our Digital Trading, Planning, Product and Operations teams. Your role will involve:
Driving digital performance to support delivery of online revenue and profitability targets while advising on key e-commerce initiatives.
Taking full ownership of the end-to-end P&L for our digital division, ensuring complete financial visibility and robust commercial governance.
Optimising the digital bottom-line profit by identifying margin opportunities, managing cost structures, and enhancing commercial returns.
Building and nurturing strong relationships with Digital Directors and Omnichannel leaders to align financial strategies with online business objectives.
Providing insightful analysis on digital commercial performance that informs strategic decision-making and enhances platform performance.
Ensuring accountability by holding digital function leaders to their commercial commitments and fostering a culture of transparency and trust.
Leading with credibility, inspiring a collaborative, high-performance culture that drives digital results and innovation.
What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
Previous experience as a Head of Finance with a strong focus on e-commerce, digital marketplace, or multi-channel retail environments.
Proven track record of owning an end-to-end P&L and managing cross-functional commercial initiatives to protect and grow bottom-line profit.
Demonstrated success in collaborating with senior cross-functional digital leaders to drive business performance.
Strong margin analysis and investment appraisal experience, with the ability to optimise digital promotional/marketing spend and support logistical fulfilment efficiency.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and challenge at executive levels, ensuring sound commercial judgment in a fast-moving retail market.
It would be great if you also have
Experience in leading finance transformation programmes that enhance commercial insight and data automation.
Familiarity with digital retail and reporting systems (e.g. Google Analytics, Power BI, SAP, TM1).
A strategic mindset with the ability to shape long-term digital business plans based on online market trends and consumer performance patterns.
Where your brilliance can take you
At Boots, we believe in your potential. You’ll have access to continuous learning opportunities and career development routes that can lead you to senior leadership positions within our global organisation.
Rewards designed for you
Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 12% company contribution)
Generous employee discounts for you and a family member
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
There’s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts – there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at boots.jobs. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only.
A bit about us
What’s next?
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
We hope to hear from you soon. Be brilliant with Boots
Business Area
Support Office
Function
Finance
Keywords
Head of finance, digital finance, finance, senior manager
Hours per week
37.5
Latitude,longitude 1
52.927182,-1.183948
Is this a Global Brands req?
No
Airport
No
Should this appear on the No7 Beauty Company website?
No
Company
Non Stores
Division
Non Stores
Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?
No
Region
East Midlands
Area
East Midlands (non stores)
Store
Nottingham Support Office
Req Posted Date
25-Jun-2026
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
UK
Address 1
Recruitment Service Centre (D94)
Address 2
Thane Road
Address 3
Nottingham
Post Code
NG90 1BS
Source
Boots
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