About the role

Provide analytical and reporting support to the Finance Team and the wider business teams to aid financial control and decision making in the business for commercial areas.

Role Responsibilities

MONTH END ROUTINES & CONTROLS

• Ensure accurate & timely month end accounts with insightful commentary.  To include balance sheet reconciliations – highlighting risks and opportunities
• Pro-actively work with Marketing teams to ensure spend forecasts are accurate & provided in a timely manner with variances clearly explained
• Schedules & systems for monitoring spend maintained & processes adhered to: For example: PO system, spend tracker and supplier spend log
• Understand and produce schedules and period end journals for B&M lines (ie. Royalties)
• Produce and explain variance in period end accounts in commercial areas of the business (ie. marketing spend and areas within margin)
• Understand and challenge areas of responsibility in the P&L.

DECISION SUPPORT

• Provide accurate financial analysis to aid commercial decision making, and dealing with adhoc requests
• Specific involvement with product, activity and customer profitability

FORECASTS & PLANNING

• Understand and agree timetable with P&C ensuring that stakeholders understand deadlines and expectations
• Operate trading model in conjunction with agreed trading KPI’s and planned activities
• Understand / challenge stock, intake and sales expectations
• Forecasts / Budgets for other income streams
• Complete relevant templates to other business units to enable operational planning and financial recharges
• Upload & reconcile total business budgets / forecasts to AX

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE & SUPPLEMENTARY

• Build business relationships to ensure objectives achieved
• Deputise for Managers where appropriate
• Attend and contribute to spend and cost planning meetings, ensuring deadlines are met in preparation.
• Other duties as required

Miscellaneous

• To be committed to the fair treatment of customers at all times
• Ensure compliance with all applicable UK and local regulations, Company Policies and FCA Conduct Rules
• Demonstrate behaviours in line with our Company values
• To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be affected by acts and omissions at work

About you

• Studying/aiming towards a professional accountancy qualification
• Retail experience preferable – but certainly some understanding of the challenges & KPI’s in managing a retail business
• Understanding of the importance of the accuracy of the detail that underpins management accounts
• Commercial awareness - the ability to apply that understanding to the role’s requirements.
• Ability to persuade other people to an objective point of view
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to communicate written & oral financial information clearly & concisely to all levels of personnel – providing summaries which facilitate a clear interpretation of the detail and enable quick decision making
• Strong Excel and reporting skills, including modelling.
• Ability to deliver to strict reporting deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
• General ledger experience including accruals and prepayments essential.

The role is subject to credit and DBS checks.

Why FGH?

Our staff enjoy competitive benefits including staff discount, generous annual leave, healthcare cash plan together with a vibrant, colourful, creative and flexible working atmosphere. With our competitive benefits, and supportive teams our staff enjoy helping us on our mission and benefit greatly from the challenges that come with working for a successful retailer.

About us

Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is based in West Yorkshire and is part of the OTTO Group – one of the world’s largest online retailer. FGH is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, Swimwear 365, Look Again, Bonprix, Curvissa and Witt.

We offer a broad choice of products and are committed to offering great service and delivery seven days a week. We meet the needs of our extensive and varied loyal customer base by having a Customer First mantra and being fair in how we deal with our customers and employees. Innovation is key as we look for new ideas which will improve the customer experience and our business processes.

We have a great team and integrity plays an important part in how we work together. We currently employ over 700 people within Vicar Lane office, Listerhills warehouse and credit operations, offering a diverse range of opportunities, generous benefits and a good work/life balance. Our mission is to be the preferred choice in internet and home shopping…do things better or do things differently.