C10 - Finance Manager - Trading Accounts (General Merchandise & Clothing)

About the role:

Providing customers with the best products at the best prices, we believe in seeing challenges where others see problems - our culture is resilient, energetic and exceptionally fast-paced. If you think you've got the skills and personality to succeed in this environment, consider joining us in this key Finance role.

In this role, you'll be pivotal to ensuring that our corporate and business strategies are supported by the very best financial accounting and control processes - and that these processes continually maximise our profitability and efficiency.

As a Finance Manager within our Financial Control team, you will combine technical accounting with coaching, communication, influencing, leadership and prioritisation skills to ensure that we maintain a strong control environment over the General Merchandise and Clothing business, and help the Traders/Buyers to deliver their financial plan (Sales & GP).

The Ins and Outs:

• As Financial Controller for GM & Clothing areas you would manage accurate and timely production of financial information for internal/external reporting, including compliance with group accounting policies and procedures and managing the related financial control environment,
• Reviewing financial performance on a monthly basis with Commercial Finance customers including clear articulation of variances to plan/forecast,
• Maintaining an awareness of risk management issues across the General Merchandise & Clothing businesses, and lead cross functional projects to enhance the control environment,
• Advising the Traders/Buyers and Commercial Finance teams on the risk and financial control implications of new business initiatives,
• Review of month-end balance sheet reconciliations,
• Delivery through others - managing a team of 2 qualified accountants, a key part of the role is coaching and developing these colleagues, as well as managing the resources within the team to deliver team priorities,
• Delivery of process improvement within the team, looking for opportunities to make processes more efficient.

What you'll need:

• Qualified accountant with at least 1 year of post qualification experience (ACA, ACCA or CIMA),
• Strong technical accounting background - practive experience and US GAAP/SOX experience preferred,
• Leadership experience, in particular coaching and developing others,
• Confidence liaising with people at all levels,
• Great analytical skills and a strong communicator,
• Able to quickly prioritise and make decisions,
• Able to think laterally and challenge the status quo.