Job Description

You will be responsible for the budget process as well as business partnering with the Retail Team and collaborating closely with the Commercial Finance Team to ensure the identification of risks and opportunities and supporting the business to make effective decisions.

Main responsibilities

• Supporting the office Budget process including business partnering with our budget holders.
• Periodic business partnering with the retail team.
• Preparation and control of the Retail and Head office accounts on a periodic basis including accruals, prepayments.
• Preparation and control of the Retail and Head office budgets and Forecast.
• Ownership of Debtors, to make sure all Debtor payments are collected, allocated accordingly and reconciled.
• Ownership of Bank Reconciliations, to make sure all payments are allocated accordingly and reconciled. 
• Completion of all balance sheet recs ensuring that they carry no risk and are fully reconciled on a periodic basis in a timely manner.
• Ownership of the periodic group finance Board Pack with insightful and relevant commentary.
• Ownership of the business/operational reporting on periodic basis to relevant areas of the business including a periodic Management Pack
• Supporting company through actively Business Partnering with Budget holders to extract efficiency benefits and provide challenge to their business area.
• Provide periodic commercial support, through period end reporting, highlighting trends & forecast possibilities. 
• Compiling and analyzing data as required to support business decision making and assisting the Managers with adhoc analysis.
• Working collaboratively with the Commercial Finance team on Forecasting/Budgeting & adhoc analysis.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Part qualified accountant - desirable
• Experience of working in a similar role 
• Strong accounting skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Good team player
• Drive, enthusiasm and a proactive nature 
• Quality Focus and attention to detail - provide accurate analysis for senior stakeholders in a timely manner
• Strong organizational skills with a proven ability to priorities workloads, while meeting all deadlines in a fast-paced environment 
• Can-do attitude - thinks ahead; takes ownership, follows through and goes the extra mile
• Confident and able to liaise with senior management