£43000 - £55000 Per year
Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Taking ownership and responsibility for key account lines, ensuring understanding of balances and accuracy of reporting
- Ensure all month end cost journals are calculated and processed accurately and on a timely basis for key account lines
- Explanation of variances compared to budget and last year
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a monthly basis, investigate and resolve any variances on a timely basis
- Monitor, report and forecast on the companies cash flow position. This will include looking at cash flow movements compared to forecast and explaining any variances.
- Assist in year-end audit
- Daily and Weekly Sales Reporting - Working alongside other finance team members to ensure the accuracy and delivery of our sales reporting
- Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts
- Key finance contact for new store openings
- Completion of National Statistics forms
- To take on any additional month end responsibilities as required by the Head of Finance / Commercial Finance manager.
- Supporting ad hoc analysis across the channels: sales, costs and profitability as required
- Building relationships and business partnering across the business to enable a mutual understanding of financial impacts and projection
- Review and redesign of reporting, when appropriate, to ensure value-add outputs
- Preparation of other ad hoc analysis as and when required
- Support of wider finance team where appropriate
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Qualified / Part-qualified and studying towards an accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
- Advanced excel skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy in all outputs
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work well both within finance and across the business at all levels
- Pro-active
- Team player but ability to work independently
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to work well under pressure and to varying deadlines.
- Good analytical skills and problem solving skills.
- Good time management and organization.
- Flexible in working hours (particularly at month-end).
- View to improve procedures including shortening month-end, improve systems and processes where appropriate, to think "outside of the box".
- Self-motivated with a positive attitude to work.
- Keen to learn and take on more responsibility.
- Experience working in the retail sector
- Management Accounts
Reference no: 108962