Assistant Accountant in Birmingham

Hybrid role working 2 days a week from our office in Birmingham. Grow your finance career with Signet Jewelers UK & Ireland. Are you ambitious, analytical, and ready to take the next step in your finance career? Join us at Signet Jewelers, home to the UK's best loved jewellery brands H.Samuel and Ernest Jones, as we continue to strengthen our Stock Accounting function. This is a fantastic development opportunity for someone who thrives on detail, enjoys problem solving, and wants to make a real impact in a large, evolving retail business.

As our Assistant Stock Accountant, you'll play a key role in ensuring the accuracy of our stock related financials across an extensive product range - including raw materials, consignment stock, and goods flowing through our store network and central operations. With stock valued at over £100m, your work directly supports decision making at senior levels, helping us protect our assets, optimise performance, and improve processes across the business. You'll become our go to expert for stock related financial activity.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Reconciling consignment stock, investigating variances, and working closely with Accounts Payable and Merchandising to resolve issues.
• Reviewing and reconciling Freight, Duty and other stock related overheads, proactively identifying over/under recoveries.
• Managing the flow of gold and other raw materials through manufacturing, WIP, and finished goods.
• Providing accurate monthly reporting and insightful analysis to senior management.
• Ensuring the accuracy of stock held within the Store Support Centre and driving improvements to stock control processes.
• Owning quarterly stock provision calculations and delivering clear commentary on movements.
• Monitoring non pristine stock levels and supporting initiatives to reduce them.
• Supporting monthly accounting processes, including accruals and prepayments for stock costs.
• Coordinating bi-annual Asset Protection packs covering shrinkage and asset control.
• Facilitating SSC stocktakes and managing charity income in partnership with our charity teams.

What you'll bring

We're looking for someone who is curious, detail-driven and eager to develop. You'll thrive in this role if you have:

• Studying CIMA/ACCA (part qualified) or a finance-related degree with some commercial experience.
• Strong numeracy skills and a confident, analytical mindset.
• The ability to translate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience working with data and large/complex datasets.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A proactive, improvement focused approach with great attention to detail.
• Reliability, flexibility, and genuine enthusiasm for business performance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Generous discount of up to 30% off our fabulous products from day one.
• An annual enhanced discount to celebrate the day you joined our team.
• Retirement Savings plans which offer flexibility in the way you save for the future.
• Immediate Life Assurance from day one.
• A minimum of 22 days holiday per year which increases after a years' service.
• Recognised qualifications, study support and structured career progression.
• Health and Wellbeing Scheme.
• Financial Wellbeing scheme.
• Give As You Earn scheme - An easy way to support causes close to your heart.
• Real Rewards - exclusive discounts on groceries, travel and leisure.

Signet is the name behind H. Samuel and Ernest Jones. Together, we have more than 270 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland. But that's not all, we are part of the world's largest retailer of diamond jewellery with approximately 2,800 stores. Just imagine where your career could take you.

Signet Jewelers (H. Samuel & Ernest Jones) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are proud to have achieved Disability Confident Committed status (Level 1). All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.