Accountant - Central Commercial

Morrisons; Bradford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a finance professional based in Bradford. The new hire will be responsible for delivering financial performance, identifying risks, and maintaining strong interdepartmental relationships. Candidates should have relevant accounting qualifications, good communication skills, and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment. Competitive salary and benefits including discounts and generous holiday entitlement are offered.

Benefits

15% colleague discount

Generous holiday entitlement

Company pension contributions

Free parking onsite

Qualifications

• An accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Ability to challenge finance stakeholders.
• Good verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver finance and business performance focused on customer needs.
• Communicate accounting timetables and resolve issues.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Resilience

Education

CIMA, ACA, ACCA qualification or equivalent

Job description

To support the delivery of transactions, processes and controls of commercial margin supporting the overall strategic objectives. You will deliver finance and business performance ensuring that your thinking is customer first in all aspects of your role; to use the consolidated / centralised accounting across the commercial function to raise questions to commercial category accountants to direct Business partnering support. You will improve processes and outputs through simplifying tasks; ensuring that the output is understood and process is simplified, automated.

• Clear and timely communication of accounting timetables and explanation / resolution of any issues impacting commercial category teams.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities for categories through central management so that teams across commercial finance can respond to them on a timely basis.
• Retain a customer focus through daily routines
• Develop and maintain relationships with Commercial finance category teams, finance (incl central commercial colleagues and stock) and relevant other internal stakeholders, to understand and meet their needs.
• Contribute to and be the coordinator of identified opportunities to simplify, speed up and do differently within commercial finance.
• Participate in projects based on providing expertise and support for improving business processes and procedures.
• Identify personal and professional opportunities for development.
• Display the Ways of Working
• Accurate and timely delivery of commercial margin and associated controls on a weekly / periodic basis.
• Perform control requirements around key focus areas impacting the commercial P&L
• Support in delivery of projects that have an impact on commercial margin.

About you

We've built an incredibly diverse business, and we're working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs.

For this role, we're looking for someone who has:

• An accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent
• The confidence & ability to challenge finance stakeholders to deliver the right end-results
• Good verbal communication skills, ability to articulate financial data in a clear and transparent way
• Resilience and the ability to adapt in an ever changing environment
• Attention to detail skills

About us

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company pension contributions
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave