Assistant Property and Retail Analyst

Find Apprenticeships; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retail jeweler as an Assistant Retail and Property Analyst, utilizing your financial skills to drive business value. Work in a hybrid environment and gain exposure to diverse financial responsibilities, from reporting to analysis, while supporting senior management in decision-making. Ideal for a motivated finance graduate or part-qualified accountant aiming to grow in the finance sector.

Qualifications

• Ambitious individual studying management accounting or graduate with some commercial experience.
• Good communication skills for relaying finance concepts to non-financial managers.
• Highly numerate with a passion for business.

Responsibilities

• Generate weekly trading reports and manage ad-hoc queries.
• Perform monthly sales and cost analysis for financial accuracy.
• Assist in preparing quarterly Store P&Ls for management review.

Skills

Communication

Numeracy

Excel

Business Understanding

Education

Part qualified management accountant or finance graduate

Tools

SAP

Job description

Here at Signet Jewelers, owners of UK retail jewellery brands Ernest Jones and H.Samuel, we have a wonderful opportunity to join our team and begin a career in Finance as an Assistant Retail and Property Analyst. This is hybrid contract, with 2 days per week to be spent in our Birmingham Store Support Centre and 3 days from home.

This Assistant Analyst role offers an excellent opportunity for an individual aiming to build a career in Finance. Retail Finance plays a pivotal role in ensuring all business decisions drive value, making the ability to cultivate productive relationships with business partners essential. The successful candidate will also demonstrate a solid understanding of broader company objectives and priorities.

About The Role

• Generate accurate and timely weekly trading reports.
• Manage ad-hoc queries from retail and finance management regarding key performance indicators, sales, and costs.
• Prepare monthly divisional store targets and resolve target-related queries from retail business partners.
• Perform weekly and monthly sales and cost analysis, along with reconciliations for interest-free credit.
• Reconcile multiple balance sheet accounts monthly for store operating and support centre costs.
• Monthly analysis of property legal costs in collaboration with the property and legal teams.
• Produce monthly store petty cash reporting and analysis.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly Store P&Ls for all locations, ensuring accuracy for senior management review.
• Develop regular financial year forecasts, ensuring adjustments for evolving requirements are accurately captured.

About You

• Likely to be an ambitious studying management accountant (part qualified) or graduate with some experience of a commercial environment.
• Good communication skills and can communicate finance to non-financial managers.
• Some experience of management accounts desirable.
• Highly numerate, confident and demonstrates passion for business.
• Advanced excel skills.
• SAP systems experience an advantage