Job Description

The key responsibilities of the role include:

Financial Accounts

• Preparation of retail budget centres to trial balance

• Invoice coding, authorisation and control (to include supplier queries)

• Monthly reconciliation of charges posted to the cost centres

• Calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments

• Analysis of monthly costs to budget and forecast

• Preparation of figures for inclusion in the monthly management accounts pack

Forecasting and Budgeting (operational and capital expenditure)

• Continually develop retail operations budget and forecast models

• Production of retail latest views, forecasts and budgets

• Preparation of opportunity/risk schedules

Management Reporting

• Fully analyse actual monthly figures with weekly reports produced by retail management

• Develop the weekly reports produced by the retail managers

• Audit the information produced, and systems and processes used by the retail management

Routine Reporting to Finance Management

• Act as a point of contact for finance colleagues and deal with/field retail queries

• Produce ad-hoc schedules as required by finance management (e.g. rework charges, year-end schedules etc.)

Logistics Operations Reporting

• Monthly reporting of actual spend versus budget/last year to management

• Production of ad-hoc schedules as required by retail management

Other Departmental Duties

• Assist in the production of a weekly trading pack

• Provide departmental cover for the logistics and Administration analysts - including production of store P&L's and answering subsequent queries

• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful candidate will be someone looking to progress their career within Accounting & Finance. Studying a qualification such as ACCA/CIMA/ACA will boost your profile. Experience with month end in an analytical role will be key decider in this Financial reporting/analytical position in the department.