Senior Financial Accountant

The Works Stores Ltd; Coleshill CP; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25% Colleague Discount

Double Discount days

MyWorks discounts

33 days holiday

Holiday Purchase

Can-Do Academy

Wagestream

Share Scheme

24/7 family support

Healthcare Cash Plan

Long Service Awards

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work

Charity giving

Job summary

The Works Stores Ltd seeks a Senior Financial Accountant to join the Financial Reporting team at our Coleshill head office. You will deliver high-quality financial reporting, lead complex accounting areas (IFRS 16/9, IAS 36) and support robust financial controls across the business.

You will own key month-end processes, coordinate with external auditors, and guide other team members. This role requires independence, accuracy, and strong technical accounting knowledge.

Qualifications

• Experience with IFRS 16, IFRS 9 and IAS 36.
• Experience delivering interim and annual reporting.
• Ability to lead complex month-end activities and maintain robust controls.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting and month-end activities.
• Take ownership of the Group's complex technical accounting areas including IFRS 16, IFRS 9 and IAS 36, with supporting calculations and disclosures.
• Support the assessment and documentation of significant accounting judgements and estimates.
• Act as a key contact for external auditors, coordinating requests and supporting interim reviews and year-end audits.
• Lead the preparation of interim and annual financial statements, including Annual Report and subsidiary accounts.
• Lead the review of complex month-end journals, reconciliations and balance sheet positions.
• Take ownership of stock, property and capex balance sheet and related P&L lines, ensuring accurate accounting.
• Review work by part-qualified team members, providing coaching and QA.
• Collaborate with Financial Processing to improve cost understanding and controls.
• Analyze monthly results and build relationships with Commercial Finance and operations.

Skills

Self-Starter

Highly Motivated

Technical Excellence

Attention to Detail

Proactive

Influence and Challenge

Teamwork

Leadership

Innovation

Communication

Job description

Location

1-2 Days On-Site at our Head Office in Coleshill

Location

1-2 Days On-Site at our Head Office in Coleshill

Why The Works?

We don’t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects someone with a late family member’s memory. You never know who someone will become. So with your passion, and our products, you will help ignite the spark in helping people unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories. The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you.

Become a Senior Financial Accountant

The Financial Accountant is a key member of the Financial Reporting team and acts as the deputy to the Senior Financial Reporting Manager. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality financial reporting, leading the Group’s more complex accounting areas and helping to maintain a robust financial control environment across the business. The role will take ownership of key technical accounting areas including IFRS 16, IFRS 9 and IAS 36, supporting the assessment of accounting judgements and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards. It will play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of interim and annual reporting, acting as a key contact for external auditors and supporting the preparation of statutory accounts and technical accounting papers. Alongside these responsibilities, the role will oversee some of the Group’s most complex month-end activities, including inventory, providing review, challenge and assurance over financial information prepared by other members of the team. The role will also support and develop other members of the team, helping to ensure the quality, accuracy and timeliness of reporting outputs. You will be highly motivated, self-driven and able to work independently, consistently delivering against deadlines with minimal supervision while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting and month-end activities.
• Take ownership of the Group’s complex technical accounting areas including IFRS 16, IFRS 9 and IAS 36, including preparation of supporting calculations, papers and disclosures.
• Support the assessment and documentation of significant accounting judgements and estimates.
• Act as a key contact for external auditors, coordinating requests and supporting the successful completion of interim reviews and year-end audits.
• Play a leading role in the preparation of interim and annual financial statements, supporting the production of the Annual Report and subsidiary accounts.
• Lead the review of complex month-end journals, reconciliations and balance sheet positions.
• Take ownership of the stock, property and capex balance sheet and related P&L lines, as required, ensuring accurate accounting and reporting.
• Review work completed by part-qualified members of the team, providing support, coaching and quality assurance.
• Work with the Financial Processing team to improve understanding of costs, identify efficiencies and strengthen financial controls.
• Analyse monthly results, investigate variances and build strong working relationships with Commercial Finance and operational stakeholders.

Skills/Behaviours That Will Set You Apart

• Self-Starter: Able to take ownership of complex tasks, work independently and consistently deliver high-quality outputs with minimal supervision.
• Highly Motivated: Demonstrates resilience, commitment and a willingness to go above and beyond to meet business and reporting deadlines.
• Technical Excellence: Possesses strong technical accounting knowledge and applies sound judgement to complex accounting matters.
• Attention to Detail: Has exceptional attention to detail and maintains the highest levels of accuracy in all work produced.
• Proactive: Anticipates issues, identifies solutions and takes responsibility for driving actions through to completion.
• Influence and Challenge: Able to provide constructive challenge and influence stakeholders to reach appropriate outcomes.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Builds strong relationships and works effectively across Finance and the wider business.
• Leadership: Supports and develops junior colleagues through coaching, review and knowledge sharing.
• Innovative: Continuously looks for opportunities to improve processes, controls and reporting quality.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting matters clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Our PERKS really are ‘The Works’

• 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days!
• MyWorks - Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more!
• Holiday - 33 days including bank holidays.
• Holiday Purchase - Purchase an additional 5 days
• Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you.
• Wagestream - Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them - for when ‘life’ happens!
• Share Scheme - Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works!
• 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
• Healthcare Cash Plan - To support your everyday healthcare costs
• And loads more! - Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work and optional charity giving.

Our Purpose

To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled.

Our Values

We are Crafty | We are Caring | We are Can-do

We Listen. We Care

Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments

At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers & members of the LGBTQ+ community (including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, non-binary, or use another term).

We are open to discussing part-time and flexible working and, where possible, will try to support this. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply for this role, please contact [e-mail] and we’ll be happy to help!

The Works is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of affordable, screen-free activities for the whole family, providing customers with fantastic value across four product categories: arts and crafts, stationery, toys and games, and books.

We don’t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. Because when people spend time doing what they love, it’s Time Well Spent.

And with the right passion - It All Starts With You.