Finance Analyst - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract in Bradford

FGH Business Centre 66-70 Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AJ

Hybrid flexibility: 2 office days per week

ABOUT THE ROLE

Provide reporting, planning and analytical support to the Finance Team and the wider business teams to aid financial control and decision making. Support the contact centre and head office functions being the key finance contact for the relevant stakeholders.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• 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 business functions / departments to ensure schedules are accurate & provided in a timely manner with variances clearly explained.
  • Understand and produce schedules and period end journals for business functions.
  • Produce and explain variance analysis for month end and planning.
  • Being comfortable creating and delivering presentation of financial information to budget holders.
  • 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.
  • Support business case production and project accounting where applicable.
• FORECASTS & PLANNING
  • Understand and agree timetable with FP&A ensuring that stakeholders understand deadlines and expectations.
  • Update/maintain forecast models in conjunction with agreed assumptions and planned activities.
  • Understand / challenge forecast assumptions and impact on business P&L.
  • Complete relevant templates to other business units to enable operational planning and financial recharges – being confident in the information provided and prepared to field challenge.
  • Upload & reconcile total business budgets / forecasts to D365.
• BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE & SUPPLEMENTARY
  • Build business relationships to ensure objectives achieved.
  • Inquisitive approach to problem solving.
  • Attend and contribute to cost and income planning / actuals meetings ensuring pre information provided and deadlines met.
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • To be committed to good outcomes for 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

• Strong user of Word, Excel - able to set up tables, spreadsheets, graphs etc.
• Basic commercial understanding of business and retailing.
• 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 and visual basic.
• Ability to deliver to strict reporting deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy.
• General ledger experience.
• Worked in a group or team to deliver a project.
• Maths and English grade C or above, or equivalent.
• AAT qualified or studying towards ACCA, CIMA or ACA.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines with high levels of accuracy.
• Able to commute to Bradford city centre - 2 Office days per week.

ABOUT US:

For over 100 years, Freemans has been at the forefront of home shopping, delivering quality products and exceptional service. We’ve accepted the challenge to transform our business into a modern, digital-first retailer. With a rich heritage and an eye on the future, we are a forward-thinking, tech-driven online retail business, making fabulous fashion and stylish homewares accessible and affordable for everyone. Based in West Yorkshire and part of the OTTO group – one of the world’s largest online retail organisations, Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, and Curvissa.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• FLEXIBILITY
  • We offer hybrid working to help you achieve a healthy work – life balance. Our full time head office colleagues work a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, allowing the perfect balance between collaborative in-person team work and the flexibility to work from home.
• TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
  • Turning your job into a career is a real passion for us and our development programmes will enable you to grow in role. We offer clear career pathways that will show you the way, outlining the skills, behaviours and knowledge needed to perform at the next step. We invest in our colleagues, giving them all the opportunity to progress. Our inspired leadership programme is aimed at equipping our future leaders to coach, develop, manage change and maintain situational awareness.
• INCLUSIVITY
  • As a business, we depend on a fusion of identities, characteristics, backgrounds, and cultures to fully appreciate our people and our customers. Freemans has a long-standing commitment to ensuring fairness and balance. Our company is an inclusive organisation where everybody can make the most of their talent and abilities. Our pay, reward, and progression approach is based solely on fairness and merit.
• BENEFITS
  • We firmly believe that we should reward our brilliant people with extensive benefits to help them stay healthy, relax and re-energise, have fun, manage the day-to-day and plan for the future. Here are just some of our great benefits:
  • Competitive salaries and annual bonus scheme.
  • 37 days holiday.
  • Healthcare cash plan.
  • Competitive pension scheme.
  • Life assurance.
  • Paid paternity and maternity leave.
  • Incredible staff discounts.
  • Subsidised Canteen.

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