Accountant

3 weeks ago


Peterborough Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom YOURS Full time

What is the role

Working within an onsite, in-house, commercial finance team, delivering consistent quality business information to a rapidly growing multi-channel, multi brand retail business. This requires close working relationships with key stakeholders and supervision of a small team, ensuring that they are effectively trained and performing within a fast-paced environment.

What you will do

  • Responsible for the maintenance of the monthly balance sheet control accounts along with branch account reporting and processing
  • Assist with the preparation of statutory financial statements and annual audit requirements, liaising with auditors when required.
  • Review and control purchase ledger accuracy and completeness.
  • Overall responsibility of stock management from a financial perspective. Processing, reviewing and reporting on stock intake, despatch, invoicing and movements. Including the following:
    • Identifying, establishing and implementing inventory policies and procedures.
    • Assisting with regular stock checks and investigating variances to report to management.
    • Coordinating with the production and supply chain teams to ensure that records relating to inventory in the system are properly maintained.
    • Coordinating with other accounting team members to ensure that all product costs are properly taken in the cost of sales and inventory costs.
    • Communicating with warehouse, department managers and purchasing department on inventory levels and locations.
    • Supervision of staff and ensuring that goods received by warehouse are appropriately matched to purchase invoices and costs are correctly recorded.
  • Regular stock and margin reconciliation with investigation and reporting on key variances.
  • Compliance reporting
  • Assisting Financial Controller with system development and ad-hoc relevant projects
  • Working with the wider finance team, supporting other functions as and when required
What you will bring

  • Qualified (or nearly qualified) professional accountant
  • Experience of staff management
  • Operationally oriented and comfortable working in a retail environment; experience with multi-site operations would be ideal.
  • Have a detailed understanding of systems and inventory control systems, with a working knowledge of inventory processes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Competent in Microsoft Excel and comfortable with leaning new software systems/packages. Experience of Access Accounting would be advantageous.
  • Fluent in English.
  • Mature, self-motivated, proactive, willing to learn and able to work under pressure.
  • Experience of large company reporting requirements would be beneficial.
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