Finance Manager

Oliver Bonas; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employee discount up to 50% off

24-hour employee assistance programme

Flexible holiday (33 days)

Annual discretionary profit-related bonus

Free health plan or medical coverage

Access to onsite gym

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a Friend incentive

Quarterly free lunch

Enhanced parental leave policies

Education and support through eLearning platform

Job summary

A UK retail company is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee management and statutory accounting processes. You will ensure accuracy in monthly accounts and work closely with both finance and non-finance teams. The hybrid role allows you to work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. The company values an inclusive workplace, encouraging applicants from diverse backgrounds, and offers a generous benefits package including flexible holidays and a substantial employee discount.

Qualifications

• Experience managing interactions with non-finance stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel for data analysis.
• Experience with accounting or ERP systems is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Detail-oriented with a strong understanding of technical accounting.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the monthly management accounts process.
• Ensure accuracy of reported figures and develop business storytelling.
• Assist with month-end procedures and additional analysis.
• Maintain balance sheet account schedules.
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Act as liaison for auditors during annual audit processes.
• Understand ecommerce transactional flows for accurate financial reporting.

Skills

Management of senior level non-finance stakeholders

Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel)

Experience with accounting/ERP systems

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Self-motivated and proactive

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Accounting systems

ERP systems

Job description

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We are looking for a Finance Manager to join Team OB in our Support Office.

As a Finance Manager at OB, you will work across a mix accounting, analysis and systems to fully immerse yourself in the business and have significant exposure to our directors.

You will have responsibility for management and statutory accounting, balance sheet integrity and our ecommerce transactional workflows. The role also incorporates business partnering as well as elements of budgeting and forecasting and will give great all-around business finance experience.

Our Support Office is based in Tolworth, near Chessington, only a 30-minute journey from London Waterloo. We offer hybrid working with a split of 3 days in the office and 2 days home working per week, and are open to having conversations about working flexibly.

A bit about us

At Oliver Bonas (OB), our values of Work Hard, Play Hard & Be Kind are integral to everything we do. Collaboration, imagination, curiosity, and teamwork are key to our success, and everyone has their part to play in making OB a special place to work.

Having fun is key, and a playful and positive approach creates an optimistic environment. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we are serious about what we do.

Our team knows their stuff. They’re confident and creative and unafraid to challenge convention to find solutions, taking accountability for their actions, but always with kindness and humility.

More about the role

• Oversee and complete the timetabling, organisation, preparation and execution of the monthly management accounts process to meet company deadlines, covering P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, intercompany and consolidation for all group companies
• Be responsible for the monthly management accounts and external reporting pack. Further improving reporting to ensure it is completed as accurately and efficiently as possible, and develop business storytelling to bring life to the numbers
• Ensure all figures reported in the monthly management accounts are accurate and have been thoroughly reviewed with variances to plan investigated and understood
• Assist with any additional month end procedures, analysis and reporting required
• Set out and maintain schedule of preparers and reviewers of all balance sheet accounts.
• Develop reconciliation processes and understanding of reconciliations amongst the finance team
• Review or carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the integrity of the full balance sheet
• Work with the Financial Controller and Management Accountant on the year end accounting procedures, consolidation and intercompany accounting and statutory accounting of the UK, Irish and Jersey entities
• Alongside the Finance Director and Senior Finance Manager, act as the main point of contact for external auditors and internal queries on the annual audit processes for all Oliver Bonas entities. Ensuring that information requested from the auditors is completed accurately and on time
• Develop in depth understanding of the website and marketplace sale, return, payment, refund and stock movement transactional flows
• Oversee website and marketplaces sales reconciliations, ensuring issues are followed up daily
• Review reconciliation of payment provider accounts for web and marketplaces
• Work on finance, ecommerce and operations projects identifying areas for improvement or savings. Ensuring that finance is at forefront of testing and information passed through to finance systems is accurate
• Review staff expense reports and payment runs and monthly credit card statements, ensuring claims and usage are within company policy and VAT has been accurately processed
• Support the FP&A team with annual forecasting and budgeting process

Benefits

• Generous employee discount up to 50% off all OB products
• Free access to our 24 hour employee assistance programme with Care First – offering financial, emotional and vocational support
• Flexible holiday – 33 days (including bank holidays) – increasing to 35 days with length of service
• Annual discretionary profit related bonus scheme
• Free membership for our Westfield Health Cash Plan or Private Medical
• Free access to our onsite gym
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend incentive
• Quarterly free lunch
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Voice network and EDI team
• Education and support through 360L eLearning platform

What we look for

• Experience in the management of senior level, non-finance stakeholders and be able to present financial data to both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
• Prior experience using accounting systems and/or ERP systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail and technical accounting understanding
• Highly organised, with the ability to multi-task
• Self-motivated, proactive and able to work to tight deadlines

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at OB

At Oliver Bonas, our promise is to do our bit to make living a joyful experience and give cause for optimism. This promise is central to our work in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). To bring joy to others, we must first ensure everyone at OB feels valued, included and most importantly, can be themselves at work.

It is important to us that our brand reflects wider society and the communities in which we operate. As a result, we welcome all eligible applicants for this role however we are particularly interested in speaking to eligible candidates from the Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage communities.

Oliver Bonas is a Disability Confident Committed employer under the Disability Confident employer scheme.

To read more about our EDI commitments, head over to the EDI page on our website: https://www.oliverbonas.com/meet-the-team/diversity

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Retail Apparel and Fashion