Finance Manager - Financial Control
- Recruiter
- Shop Direct Group
- Location
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Salary
- Very competitive basic salary + excellent benefits & bonus
- Posted
- 18 Jul 2019
- Closes
- 15 Aug 2019
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Finance Manager - Financial Control
Liverpool
Very competitive salary + excellent benefits
About us.
We're Shop Direct, proud home of Very & Littlewoods and 3,500 super-talented people. We're on a mission to transform retail. We want to provide the best shopping experiences for our 4 million customers by bringing together over 1,800 brands they love and flexible ways for them to spread the cost using credit. It’s what makes us tick; it’s what makes us the largest integrated digital and fintech retailer in the UK, and a very exciting place to work.
Purpose of this Finance Manager - Financial Control role:
Overall responsibility for the FS balance sheets, including oversight of the balance sheet reconciliation process, reviewing key balance sheet accounts and reconciliations and monitoring the quality of outputs produced by the team.
Nature and Area of impact:
This is a key role in the Financial Control team and is accountable for the integrity of the of the balance sheets of the Financial Services companies. The role has responsibility for overseeing timely completion of FS monthly period end accounting process.
The role holder will be required to manage relationships between the financial accounting with FS finance, senior management, heads of department, IT, internal audit, external audit, FCA, compliance, business continuity, VAT, and tax departments.
It is expected that the role holder will keep up to date with new IFRS accounting standards and ascertain their impact on the FS balance sheet and accounts.
Leadership:
The role will directly manage 2 other roles. They will be responsible for developing and motivating team members and ensuring they understand the key priorities and responsibilities of the team.
Budget/Financial:
The role does not have responsibility for a budget. However, they are expected to notify the relevant persons of any potential cost savings identified or potential impact of unusual transactions .
Essential Skills required of our Finance Manager - Financial Control:
- Qualified A.C.A/ A.C.C.A accountant with 1-2 years PQE experience of working in technical accounting roles.
- Will need to work to tight schedules that may change regularly, so need to be able to prioritise your own workload and the workload of the team. Will also need to have the ability to quickly identify the key issues and impact on the FS Balance Sheet.
- Will need to be able to translate key finance/accounting issues to non-finance teams/individuals throughout the business.
- The role holder will need to be able to work in a diligent and methodical manner, flagging issues in a timely manner to the necessary individual/teams
Benefits available to our Finance Manager - Financial Control:
- £1000 flexible benefits allowance
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays + option to buy or sell 5
- Onsite gym with over 25 classes
- 25% discount on our Very.co.uk clothing and footwear, 15% off home and electricals
- Health and wellbeing agenda
- Childcare vouchers
- Private pension matched at 6%
- Bonus potential (performance and business related)
- On-site discounted restaurant and coffee houses
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free on-site parking *Subject to availability and postcode eligibility
- Flexible working options
If this Finance Manager - Financial Control vacancy looks right for you, please apply below now.