Job Description

We’re looking for a financial accountant to join our central financial control team and help us to drive continuous improvement in accounting and financial control across our Co-op. A key focus will be to provide financial accounting support and appropriate financial control for the Corporate Centre.

As a financial accountant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring consistent accounting practices and high standards across all Coop businesses, producing timely and accurate information and proactively supporting the businesses. If you can bring us the attention to detail and technical skills we need, we can offer you the opportunity to build your career with a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• act as the main contact for financial accounting support for our corporate Centre within the financial control team
• work with the wider financial accounting team to continually drive process improvements and standards in financial control across the Group
• produce a variety of high-quality balance sheet control account reconciliations for the corporate centre ensuring robust control of the corporate balance sheet is maintained
• produce statutory accounts for various Group subsidiaries including co-ordination of tax pack info
• support the production of the Group’s annual accounts at interim and year-end
• produce monthly finance pack for our in-house self-insurance team
• provide technical accounting guidance for ad-hoc queries raised by our businesses

Why Co-op?

Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organization with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes:

• competitive salary
• coaching, training and support to help you develop
• pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• annual incentive scheme
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service)
• discounts on Co-op products and services

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• An accountancy qualification i.e. Aca, cima, acca or equivalent. • Experience of producing or auditing statutory accounts under ifrs. • Strong excel skills with the ability to manage large quantities of data. • Great communication skills, with a talent for building positive relationships with partners across the business. • Balance sheet reconciliation experience. • Good time management skills, able to manage their own workload in a fast-paced environment. • Experience supporting external audit activity would be desirable, but not essential. • Experience working with sap would be advantageous, but not essential.