Job Description

This role would suit a finance professional with strong reporting experience who has worked with multiple systems and across a number of process areas. 

• Ability to act as finance point of contact for various Finance driven projects with the wider business and Project Team as required
• Support the Finance team and teams in understanding and defining requirements, defining solutions and understanding changes required for various projects that have a financial reporting impact and ensuring any solution meets group reporting and local statutory compliance requirements
• Supporting the Financial Reporting team with understanding process change impacts and ensuring these are appropriately documented for wider business strategic change projects or finance projects that have a financial reporting impact
• Leading on end-to-end process reviews that impact financial reporting and the wider Finance team with the objective to transform and simply processes over time, including accrual processes.
• Identifies, develops and implements process improvement initiatives with the support of the GPO team to simplify processes, automate processes, eliminate manual intervention etc. (this may include assuming responsibility for processes under review)
• Present progress and status updates on process optimization reviews and projects to management in a clear and concise format
• Assist the team in reviewing existing processes for changes required and documentation of changes and user guides
• Supporting and engaging with the Finance Governance Framework
• Build relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders including Financial Reporting, Tax, Finance Ops & Transformation.
• Other related ad hoc activities, as required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent planning and organization skills, ability to multi-task, plan and priorities work schedule and deliver to required deadlines
• Brings a challenge mentality and constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities
• Experience working on transformation programmes/change programmes across people, process & systems is an advantage
• Excellent attention to detail with an ability to analyze and interrogate high volumes of data as well as demonstrating an ability to focus on higher level overview
• Self-motivated with strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) - need to communicate to all levels within the business
• Ability to work under pressure in a demanding environment.
• Commercial awareness with ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of wider business factors.
• Educated to degree level +
• Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent)
• 1+ years PQE having worked in finance (preferably in a retail environment)
• Strong systems skills, with Oracle a distinct advantage
• Previous experience in period end/month end/year end reporting
• Finance system implementation experience is a distinct advantage