# Group Finance Manager: Data, Automation & Analytics - FTC

The Role NEXT has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, delivery-focused finance and data leader to join our Group Finance team as Group Finance Manager - Data, Automation & Analytics for a 9 month fixed-term contract based in our Leicestershire Head Office. Reporting directly to the Group Financial Controller, you will accelerate how Group Finance leverages data, automation, and modern analytics tooling to streamline operations. This is a hands-on role focused on executing key automation priorities-such as our monthly management accounts and external reporting back-ups-while refining our data pipelines across Power BI and Databricks. You will balance innovation with strong financial controls, delivering measurable efficiencies and establishing best-practice data governance for the permanent team to build on. What You Will Take On Accelerate Process Automation: Lead the end-to-end automation of core reporting cycles, specifically focusing on the monthly management accounts and external reporting schedules. Modernise Reporting Pipelines: Build on our existing Databricks and Power BI foundations to transition manual spreadsheets into automated, resilient, and forward-looking da

- **Id**: 3987052
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/next-group-finance-manager-data-automation-analytics-ftc>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Leicester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T13:55:54Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T22:17:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3017
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Apparel & Fashion Brands, Home Decor, Children's Clothing

## Company

- **Id**: 1758752
- **Name**: Next
- **Domain**: next.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/next-co-uk>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 29
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.103
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Power BI** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:57:44Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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