Finance Analyst Trading

Superdrug; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday from length of service

Staff discount codes

Hybrid working pattern

Job summary

Sperdrg is seeking a Finance Analyst - Trading to join the Commercial Finance team at head office in Croydon. The role partners with Merchandising, Supply Chain and Buying to turn financial data into actionable insights and drive profitability.

You will own key reporting and management accounting activities, transforming data into clear insights, and support process improvements to help the business hit targets.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills and the ability to learn new technical skills quickly.
• A passion for driving change and improving processes.
• A keen eye for detail and a genuine interest in Finance.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand and communicate the story behind the numbers.

Responsibilities

• Producing regular reporting and analysis on stock performance, including stock value, weeks cover, and aged/slow-moving stock.
• Monitoring performance against budget and forecast, highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Partnering with Finance, Merchandising, Buying and Supply Chain teams to understand performance and support decision-making.
• Investigating financial and operational issues independently, using data to identify root causes and propose solutions.
• Analyzing variances and communicating the key drivers behind performance to stakeholders.
• Working with large datasets to identify trends, anomalies and areas for further investigation.
• Providing ad-hoc analysis and support across the wider Finance team.

Job description

Finance Analyst Trading

Join Sperdrg Head Office - Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Finance Analyst - Trading

Location: Sperdrg Head Office, Sydenham Road, Croydon

Hors: 37.5 | 9.am-5.3pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities, with two days working from home and three days in or stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

Why Sperdrg?

Passionate abot Beaty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer? Or vibrant Head Office, based close to East Croydon Station, is a fantastic environment filled with hndreds of brilliant personalities.

We're a team that pts or cstomers and colleages at the heart of everything we do. At Sperdrg, we aim to be the best in accessible health and beaty, loved by or cstomers for vale, choice, friendly advice, service and fn.

Or sccess comes from or people - they make the difference. We're all abot personality, we have fn, and we work hard to deliver That Sperdrg Feeling.

Here's the exciting bit...

This is a varied role within or Commercial Finance team, partnering with the Merchandising, Spply Chain and Bying teams.

Yo will take ownership of key reporting and management acconting activities, trning financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights. Yo will also help drive process improvements, enabling the bsiness to deliver its company targets and improve profitability.

A day in this role incldes:

• Prodcing reglar reporting and analysis on stock performance, inclding stock vale, weeks cover, and aged and slow-moving stock.
• Monitoring performance against bdget and forecast, highlighting key risks and opportnities.
• Partnering with Finance, Merchandising, Bying and Spply Chain teams to nderstand performance and spport decision-making.
• Investigating financial and operational isses independently, sing data to identify root cases and recommend soltions.
• Analysing variances and clearly commnicating the key drivers behind performance to stakeholders.
• Working with large datasets to identify trends, anomalies and areas reqiring frther investigation.
• Providing ad-hoc analysis and spport across the wider Finance team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Spport the Finance Manager with the management of stock provisions, write-offs and other stock-related P&L impacts.
• Spport bdgeting and forecasting processes by providing relevant analysis and commercial insight.
• Maintain and improve Excel and BI-based reporting, identifying opportnities to atomate and simplify existing processes.
• Spport month-end stock acconting activities, inclding balance sheet reconciliations, inventory reviews and the investigation of discrepancies.
• Spport the month-end review of Cosmetics and Fragrance cost centres, reporting variances to the Heads of Trade.
• Investigate margin discrepancies and provide promotional analysis across two key trading areas.
• Bild effective relationships with finance and non-finance stakeholders across the bsiness.
• Proactively identify opportnities to improve reporting, controls and ways of working.

This role is a good fit for yo if:

• Yo have strong attention to detail while still being able to see the bigger pictre.
• Yo are confident working throgh isses independently and presenting potential soltions.
• Yo enjoy nderstanding processes and finding ways to improve them.
• Yo are a self-starter who takes initiative and works proactively to deliver reslts.
• Yo have a methodical and logical approach to yor work.
• Yo can prioritise and manage mltiple workflows while working to tight deadlines.
• Yo enjoy being part of a collaborative team.
• Yo are comfortable working at pace in an ever-changing environment.
• Yo are confident bilding strong working relationships.
• Yo can commnicate effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

What yo'll need:

• To be part-qalified in an accontancy qalification or have the intention to stdy towards one.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to learn new technical skills qickly.
• A passion for driving change and improving processes.
• A keen eye for detail and a genine interest in Finance.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to nderstand and commnicate the story behind the nmbers.

Here’s what’s in it for yo:

• 33 days' holiday, rising to 38 days with length of service, inclsive of bank holidays.
• Two staff discont codes for yorself and a family member or friend.
• 3% discont on Sperdrg Own Brand prodcts, both in store and online.
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities, with two days working from home and three days in or stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
• Company pension matching and bons.
• Access to Stream, a money management app that gives yo access to a percentage of yor pay as yo earn it.
• Being part of more! We are part of a grop that works closely with Savers, The Perfme Shop and Three K.
• We are part of A.S. Watson Grop, the world's largest international health and beaty retailer, with over 15,7 stores across 5 markets!
• nrivalled Learning and Development programmes.
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave, company sick pay, and pregnancy loss spport.

Come and be part of something special!

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