Finance Analyst Property and Investment

Posting date:	03 June 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	03 July 2026
Location:	Croydon, CR0 2EU
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75813147

Summary

Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Location:
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
Salary: Competitive

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting bit… A day includes:

Role Purpose:

The Property & Investments Finance team plays a pivotal role in providing clear financial insight, analysis and guidance across the property portfolio and capital projects.

We have a great opportunity to join the team as a Finance Analyst responsible for the preparation of Store Investment proposals and analysis relating to Lease Renewals, New Stores and Store Refits. The role works closely with the Property leadership team in securing approval for these proposals from the UK Investment Committee and subsequent approval from our Group Finance function based in Hong Kong.

We care about individual career development and we’re looking for someone who wants to grow with us, with the business supporting you towards either CIMA or ACCA accreditation.

Be the voice of customers and orchestrate the organisation to live the brand purpose and inspire a customer-first culture to build customer love in every touchpoint of our O+O platform

A typical day in this role includes:

Business partnering the Property leadership team, providing timely, accurate and insightful analysis to support delivery of company targets and profitability.
Presenting business cases at the fortnightly Investment Committee to secure UK board approval, followed by submission to Group Finance in Hong Kong.
Responding to and coordinating all queries from Group Finance relating to property investment submissions
Developing a strong understanding of all costs controlled by the Property function including, but not limited to Rent, Rates, Service Charge, Project Management costs and Legal fees.
Ownership of month end processes including calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments and providing clear explanations of variances where appropriate.
Preparation of Balance Sheet reconciliations ensuring they are completed with a high degree of accuracy
Supporting the Finance Manager with the Quarterly Forecasting and the Annual Budgeting processes, coordinating inputs from Property and external stakeholders and producing high quality outputs for Board review.
Building a broader understanding of all areas controlled by the Property function in order to support adhoc analysis and help provide cover to the wider Property & Investments Finance team when required
Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, processes and system use to deliver better insight efficiently
Substituting for the Finance Manager in their absence

This job is a good fit for you if you:

Enjoy owning end-to-end financial processes and taking accountability for accuracy, control and delivery
Are confident managing large complex data sets and can bring structure and clarity
Have strong attention to detail, are self-motivated, confident and enthusiastic
Like working closely with both finance and non-finance stakeholders, building strong relationships and challenging constructively where needed.

Confidently communicate, challenge and give feedback to others.
Encourage teamwork & collaboration between their own team and others.
Recognise the strengths & contribution of various teams, builds on networks to understand priorities of others and how to add value.
Seek feedback and listens to it, takes responsibility to find positive outcomes and solutions.
Generating ideas and feeling that they can be shared both within their immediate team and also outside of the team.

What you’ll need:

Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA or relevant University degree (minimum of 2:1 grade)
Experience using Excel (essential)
Working knowledge of Oracle (desirable)
Strong communication and time management skills
Ability to work in a fast pace and dynamic environment
Ability to develop strong working relationships both across the business and with third parties, including working with non-finance stakeholders

Key Responsibilities:

Actively looks for new ways of working through Ai that would benefit the business and move things forward
Actively developing your ability to use AI effectively and think critically about outputs
Strengthen Human Touch - Keeping the human element strong: Balancing AI efficiency with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion

Here's what's in it for you:

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
• Come and be part of something special!

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