Accountant - Cash

Morrisons; West Bradford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount in store 15%

Additional 10% discount card

Annual bonus scheme

Career progression and development

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension scheme and life assurance

Healthcare benefits

MyPerks discounts

Free parking onsite

Enhanced family leave

Private Healthcare

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking an Accountant to join our Cash team. You will lead short- and long-term cash flow forecasting, analyzing working capital movements and driving the Capex governance process to ensure robust investment decisions.

You will partner with Treasury and Finance Ops, manage data-heavy reporting, and deliver actionable insights while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships across the business.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong analytical and commercial skills.
• Experience with large data sets and financial systems is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and build cross-functional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Cash Flow Forecasting: manage weekly 13-week cash flow and narrative of movements.
• Long-term budgeting and forecasting and key cash driver analysis.
• Capex governance and financial lead for capital approvals.

Skills

Analytical

Commercial awareness

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

More about the role

We are looking for a proactive and analytical Accountant to join our Cash team. In this role, you’ll primarily be responsible for the short- long-term forecasting of Group’s cash flow, understanding working capital impacts, including the improvement plan, and Capex governance.

Responsibilities

Cash Flow Forecasting

• Direct Cash Flow: Responsibility on a weekly basis for the Group’s 13 week cash flow, including investigating variances and shaping narrative on key movements. This includes working alongside Treasury and Finance Ops functions on short-term liquidity management.
• Long Term Budgeting and Forecasting: Involvement in longer-term cash forecasting as part of annual budgeting process and periodic updates, with the opportunity to understand all key cash drivers across the business.

Working Capital & Improvement Plan

• Working Capital Movements: Working alongside the balance sheet team to understand key working capital movements from the Group accounts, with a viewpoint of year-on-year and year-to-go impacts.
• Working Capital Improvement Plan: A key part in delivering the Group's working capital improvement plan, including calculating estimated cash impacts with key stakeholders, verification of initiatives once live and weekly reporting.

Capital Investment & Business Partnering

• Capex Governance: Act as the financial lead for key governance around Capital approvals to ensure robust investment decisions for the Group and that we spend within the allocated budget.

More about you

• A qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with strong analytical and commercial skills.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and financial systems (experience with Excel and SAP or similar systems is a plus).
• Curious and proactive, with the confidence to question and explore the story behind the numbers.
• Able to work independently while building strong relationships with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Detail-oriented and organised, with a focus on delivering accurate and actionable insight.

More about our perks

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.

We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.