Finance Analyst - Retail

Monsoon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bonus day off after 6 months

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Flexible working

Staff discount 50%

Interest-free season ticket loans

Wellness centre access

Private healthcare option

On-campus wellness

Job summary

Monsoon Accessorize is seeking a Commercial Finance professional to input into business cases for new store investments and to run timely post investment appraisals.

You will deliver insightful reporting across the UK store estate and identify financial risks to sales and profitability by store, driving change where needed. You will manage budgeting and forecasting for UK Retail and support the wider finance team.

Qualifications

• Must be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA).
• Commercial finance experience in retail or consumer facing industry preferable.
• Experience of business partnering with Non Finance Managers.
• Proactive and can-do team player with drive to make a difference.
• Excellent communication – articulate complex information clearly to all levels of the business.

Responsibilities

• Input into business cases for new store investments and post investment appraisals.
• Deliver insightful reporting and analysis of performance across the UK store estate.
• Identify financial risks to sales and profitability by store and drive recommendations.
• Deliver budget and forecasting processes for UK Retail business.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Fully Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Input into business cases for new store investments and run timely post investment appraisals

• Deliver insightful reporting and analysis to enable understanding of performance across the UK store estate
• Identify & highlight financial risks to Sales & profitability by store and drive recommendations for change
• Deliver the budget and forecasting processes for UK Retail business
• Review period-end actuals, ensuring accurate reporting and analysis on store costs/ overheads, balance sheet reconciliations, cashflow forecast and providing clear, commercially focused Board level commentary
• Support the wider Commercial Finance team with cover and ad hoc support as required
  Fully Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA)
• Commercial finance experience in retail or consumer facing industry preferable
• Experience of business partnering with Non Finance Managers
• Proactive and "can-do" team player with a drive to make a difference
• Excellent communication - ability to articulate orally and in writing, complex and detailed information in an easy to understand manner to all levels of the business
• Strong Excel and System skills
  Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Bonus day off each year after 6 months service
• A pension that you will be automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
• Life assurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
• A flexible working approach
• Early pay day Friday finish
• A generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Access to our on campus wellness centre (pilates, yoga etc.)
• Additional discounts through our Benefits Portal
• Option to join Company Private Healthcare Scheme

At Monsoon Accessorize we don't focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.