£35000 - £45000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Prepare and post period end journal entries ensuring accurate recording of store costs in a timely manner.
- Complete robust balance sheet reconciliations to agreed deadlines with all reconciling items investigated and resolved promptly.
- Investigate and prepare narrative explaining variances to budget and prior year for key expense categories.
- Supporting the Finance Manager: Retail with the preparation of reporting to communicate performance to the management team.
- Identify drivers of overspend, prepare ad hoc analysis, and develop recommendations to reduce finance risk.
- Development and mature stakeholder relationships across the Retail team and with central department Heads.
- Support the budgeting and forecast process, liaising closely with the Commercial Finance team.
- Significant involvement in the year-end process, preparation of deliverables for the audit and key contact for the auditors during the audit process.
- Support the preparation of statutory statistical filings in the UK and overseas.
- Support the development of a robust control environment by continuously identifying opportunities to improve financial systems and processes and by implementing these changes.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Studying for a recognized accountancy qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA).
- Minimum two years' experience working within a Finance team in a high-volume environment.
- Retail industry experience preferable but not essential.
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated and a desire to drive improvements in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial business.
- Excellent numeracy and IT skills including advanced Excel with a strong attention to detail .
Reference no: 109308