Job Description

The successful candidate will actively participate in the development of the team, helping to transition work into the BBS function ensuring processes are identified, transferred and improved to ensure a streamlined, efficient team within the overall BBS Finance function.

Delivery

• Preparation and execution of Inventory transactions.
• Reconciliation of Inventory balances.
• Journal preparation and execution.
• Maintenance and understanding of RMX Database
• Support Retail Stocktake processes
• Preparation and review of monthly reports including the investigation of variances and reporting of these to the Finance Team.
• Reconciliation and confirmation of specific balance sheet accounts.
• Completion of half year and year end additional financial information.
• Preparation of analyses and support for internal and external audit requirements, liaising with the auditors and colleagues across the business as required.
• Responding to a significant number of ad hoc queries, and analysis as required, prioritising work effectively to ensure that these queries are responded to on a timely basis.
• Ensuring compliance with the Group Policies, including operating of internal controls over financial reporting.
• Role may require work on some weekend/public holidays during half year and year end periods.

Continuous improvement

• Apply understanding of assigned accounting processes to identify gaps and propose continuous improvement measures
• Work closely with the process owners, colleagues and managers to understand root causes and represent process procedures, practicalities and exceptions.
• Proactively seeks feedback from fellow team members and other internal and external customers, and uses this to inform future delivery of services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Part-qualified accountant or studying for an accounting qualification.
• Experience of BPC, an advantage.
• Experience working in an accounting team in a Shared Service environment is a plus.
• Requires good understanding of IT systems and processes.
• Can provide evidence of working collaboratively with peers.
• Good Excel skills with experience of working with large data sets.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to build strong relationships, both with the wider Finance team and throughout BBS. Works well as part of a team and is willing to help others within the team. Keenness to develop and learn new skills. Can do attitude to work and ability to work to month end deadlines. A capability to build the role and adapt to changes in the working environment. Excellent attention to detail. Observes corporate policies and business values. Thinks conceptually and identifies and addresses future challenges and opportunities, often in an ambiguous environment.