Finance Analyst - Stock

Hotel Chocolat; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Hotel Chocolat is seeking a Finance Analyst - Stock to join their Finance team full-time. You will produce weekly stock reports, enhance stock processes, and work collaboratively across departments. The role offers a hybrid work schedule, competitive salary, and excellent company benefits, including significant discounts on products.

Benefits

50% discount on all products

70% discount for stays at Rabot Estate

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills, including SUMIF and XLOOKUP.
• Experience in an accounts department.
• Analytical mindset focused on driving improvements.

Responsibilities

• Produce weekly stock reports and perform in-depth analysis.
• Support monthly finance close and assist with audits.
• Review and enhance stock processes and reporting efficiency.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft D365

Job description

As we continue our mission to make people happy through chocolate, we're looking for a Finance Analyst - Stock to join our Finance team on a full-time, permanent basis.

We're offering an exciting opportunity to join our Operational Finance team as we support our growing international footprint, particularly in the US. In this role, you'll take ownership of weekly stock reporting and provide key analysis to support business decision-making. You'll help improve insights into stock management, support month-end processes, and work closely with teams across the business to drive improvements in stock accuracy, café wastage and reporting efficiency.

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, you'll receive 50% discount on all products, and a 70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia.

Here at Hotel Chocolat, we've adopted hybrid working. This means you'll join us on site for three days a week, and for the other two days - you can work from wherever you like!

What you'll be doing...
• Producing weekly stock reports and performing in-depth analysis
• Investigating variances in stock holding, write-offs, and BBE (Best Before End) risk
• Supporting monthly finance close including journal postings and reconciliations
• Assisting with internal and external stock audits
• Providing stock and wastage insight to store café teams
• Reviewing and enhancing current stock processes and reporting efficiency
• Creating and maintaining advanced Excel spreadsheets to support robust data analysis

Who you are...
• A detail-driven analyst with strong problem-solving instincts
• Confident working with large volumes of data from multiple systems
• A clear communicator who collaborates well with others
• Curious, thorough, and always looking for opportunities to improve

Essential
• Advanced Excel skills, including use of formulas such as SUMIF and XLOOKUP
• Experience working in an accounts department using accounting systems
• Analytical mindset with a desire to uncover root causes and drive improvements
• Excellent attention to detail and reporting accuracy
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams

Desirable
• Experience using Microsoft D365 (Dynamics 365) accounting software

Who are we?
We're one of the UK's favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser.
A cacao pod takes years to grow - it can't be rushed if it's going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.

Now, we're market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 140 stores across the UK, and we're still growing... Today, we're multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.

To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge - our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion - click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html