Retail Accountant
Full Time
Job Description
- Responsible for assisting in all bookkeeping tasks for Owned Retail stores across the UK
- Assist in the Month End Close
- Perform Balance Sheet reconciliations on time every month, ensuring all balances are well understood & documented, supporting a ‘no surprises’ culture
- Assisting in posting journals, ensuring an accurate P&L position by the end of Working Day 2
- Maintain accurate accruals and prepayments
- Maintain accurate Fixed asset register
- Reconciliation of bank accounts and supplier balances
- Assisting with weekly reconciliations to ensure control and accuracy
- Support the annual budgeting and monthly reforecasting process
- Ensure systems are in place to monitor and support Financial Control in stores, acting swiftly when needed to maintain high standards
- Supporting Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) developments and process improvement projects
- Daily contact and Business Partner for multiple stores – our role is to help make our stores ‘wildly’ successful
- Supporting the opening of New Stores across the UK
- Deliver business information and other customized reports to your customers in a language they can understand
- Understand & monitor the business KPIs, supporting the store teams in driving improvements
- Constantly looking for efficiency and process improvements to help UK Retail lead the way
- Aim to visit all your stores at least once every six months; some travel required.
- Adhoc duties as requested
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proficient in Microsoft Office packages
- Experience with Oracle JD Edwards desirable
- Experienced in international and intercompany invoicing
- Confident understanding of double-entry bookkeeping
- AAT Accounting qualification or equivalent
- Bring energy and a drive for high standards to the role
- Capable of working both quickly and accurately, whilst staying focused
- No drama, roll up your sleeves approach
- Positive attitude with a desire to learn
- Strong time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail; tenacious and methodical
- Inquisitive; demonstrates a desire to understand and interact with the business outside of Finance
- Dedicated to continuous improvement; challenges existing thinking and has the confidence to make recommendations and drive projects forward
- Thrives in a team environment but can also work effectively independently
- Interest and enthusiasm for Retail & the leisure industry.
Reference no: 102951