Financial Inventory Specialist

6 days ago


Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom Card Factory Full time

About the Role

Card Factory is seeking an experienced Inventory Accountant to join our finance team. As a key player, you will support the Finance Manager with inventory reporting, stocktake planning, reconciliation, and valuation of approximately £50m+ of inventory.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform monthly inventory reconciliation to the General Ledger.
  • Coordinate interim and year-end DC stocktakes.
  • Ensure compliance with all external audit requirements.
  • Serve as the SAP super-user for Inventory, including identifying and resolving system issues, and managing GR/IR accounts.
  • Monitor Moving Average Prices (MAP) and investigate discrepancies outside of agreed tolerances.
  • Manage store stocktakes, including year-end, interim, seasonal, and ad hoc counts.
  • Review stock provision policy and its impact on the P&L.
  • Identify inventory balance sheet risks and opportunities.
  • Support the upskilling and development of Inventory Assistants.
  • Perform additional ad hoc tasks as required by the Finance Manager - Inventory and Head of Management Accounting.

Requirements

  • Relevant Accountancy Qualification: Such as CIMA, ACCA, or ICAEW
  • Post-qualified experience in a large retail environment
  • Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage relationships with various internal and external stakeholders, each with different objectives and priorities.
  • Analytical and Excel Skills: Strong analytical abilities and proficiency in Excel, with a high level of attention to detail.
  • Independence and Teamwork: Capability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
  • Workload Management: Ability to manage workload efficiently and handle potentially conflicting priorities.
  • Proactive Attitude: Hands-on approach with a proactive, positive 'can-do' attitude.

About Us

Card Factory is the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. We are committed to providing a wide range of benefits to support our colleagues' physical, mental, and financial well-being.

Benefits

  • 25% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
  • Save As You Earn scheme
  • Financial Wellbeing Support Financial Education Tools Salary Advance
  • Seasonal incentive schemes
  • Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
  • Discounted mobile phone contracts
  • Discounts across 100's of UK retailers
  • Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
  • Enhanced Family leave


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