Senior Finance Assistant

The Range; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing retail company is seeking a Senior Finance Assistant for their Finance team in Plymouth. In this full-time role, you will support key financial operations, help prepare financial reports, and work closely with management on commercial decision-making. Ideal candidates will have strong commercial experience and excellent Excel skills, thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Pension

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial organisation.
• Experience preparing management accounts with commentary.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Support full finance function including Revenue, AR, AP & Expenditure.
• Assist with preparing month end P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly regulatory returns.

Skills

Excel skills

Interpersonal skills

Commercial organisation experience

Job description

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We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK 's fastest growing privately owned companies. The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989, and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we want to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary.

As a result of our expansion plans, and our continued ongoing success we are seeking a dynamic Senior Finance Assistant to be based at our Head Office in Plymouth.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Management Accountants, this role is crucial in ensuring the efficient operation of our Finance team. This includes posting journals, preparing and reviewing financial performance, and having an input on key commercial decision making.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting of the full finance function to include Revenue, AR, AP & Expenditure
• Supporting and review of all P&L, Balance sheet codes
• Bank reconciliations
• Payments
• Assist with Preparing month end P&L, Balance Sheet and reporting pack, and explaining variances against budget
• Assist with Fixed Assets and depreciation
• Support with various projects within the department to help streamline
• Finance business partnering with key teams throughout the wider business
• Review and challenge of monthly accruals for the wider business
• Preparing and submitting monthly and quarterly regulatory returns (VAT, ONS, Intrastat)
• Assisting with year end audit
• Other tasks as required

Person Specification:

This is a demanding role in a fast paced environment. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following:

• Experience in a commercial organisation
• Experience preparing management accounts with commentary
• Strong Excel skills, with experience of financial modelling (desirable)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy
• The confidence to challenge existing practices and seek improvements

What we offer:

• Pension
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme

Position: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:45am – 17:30pm.