Job Description

The Fragrance Shop, the UK’s leading Independent retailer is now recruiting for a Senior Management Accountant to join the Finance team and be based from our Headquarters located in Trafford Park, Manchester.

The focus of the role is to manage all reporting, forecasting processes and timetables for the group, delivering quality, insightful analysis and commentary. In addition, you will help shape fundamental changes to critical financial businesses systems and processes within the organisation, whilst helping to oversee the day to day financial processes.

You will have the ability to question and challenge and will be key in driving systemic change and helping to deliver the transformational roadmap. Interested in joining a fast paced, challenging, yet rewarding company where no two days are the same? If so, read on…

Person specification:

Due to this role being a senior position within the Finance team, we will only be able to proceed forward with candidates who match our essential requirements stated below:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a minimum of Five years post qualification experience
• Practical and proven experience of systems and innovation and process change
• Demonstrable track record in financial planning
• Excellent project management skills and experience
• Strong commercial acumen
• Exceptional communicator with the ability to build relationships at all levels
• Proactive and resilient self-starter, a team player, passionate and motivated with the ability to inspire others around them
• Retail/Wholesale experience is beneficial but not essential

Responsibilities:

• The management of project implementation with minimal disruption and risk
• Produce full sets of quarterly reforecasts and annual budgets
• Effectively forward forecast the business cashflow
• Accountability for the management accounts reporting team
• Provide variance analysis against budget and reforecasts
• Ensure consistent and efficient monthly financial review process
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting tools and automated process
• Able to effectively manage the life cycle of a project from end to end (scope, design, testing, implementation and review)
• Work across the business to map and document current finance processes and evaluate their effectiveness, being able to identify opportunities and risk
• Deliver new processes that are fit for the future business model
• Source solutions, define and present effective business cases

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a minimum of Five years post qualification experience • Practical and proven experience of systems and innovation and process change • Demonstrable track record in financial planning • Excellent project management skills and experience • Strong commercial acumen • Exceptional communicator with the ability to build relationships at all levels • Proactive and resilient self-starter, a team player, passionate and motivated with the ability to inspire others around them • Retail/Wholesale experience is beneficial but not essential