Senior Financial Accountant

TJX COMPANIES INC.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the United Kingdom seeks a Financial Accountant to ensure the integrity of financial statements, manage budgeting and reconciliations, and support continuous improvement projects. The ideal candidate will have a professional accounting qualification and experience in financial reporting and stakeholder management. This role offers a chance to impact financial integrity and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification such as ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent required.
• Thorough understanding of basic closing routines and general ledger integrity.
• Experience in preparing statutory accounts preferable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity in accounts to support budget-holders.
• Act as key business partner for the Commercial Finance teams.
• Manage budgeting and reconciliation of lease accounting costs.
• Maintain Fixed Asset books and handle queries.
• Prepare month/quarterly balance sheet reconciliation compliant with SOX.
• Prepare local GAAP Financial Statements and liaise with auditors.
• Support continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)

Ability to ensure integrity of the general ledger

Ability to analyze variances to budget

Critical evaluation of processes

Flexibility and willingness to exceed role expectations

Ability to develop relationships

High initiative and drive

Experience preparing statutory accounts

Experience with Oracle Financial system

Tools

Oracle Financial system

Job description

Job Requirements

TJX is an exciting place to work and we count on our Associates to bring our business to life. Staying true to our open, collaborative culture and values of honesty, integrity, and treating each other with dignity and respect is a top priority for us.

Job Summary

• TJX Europe is the European division of The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions worldwide. TJX Europe currently operates TK Maxx in UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Austria & Spain, as well as Homesense. In addition to stores, we also have our e-commerce website in UK, Germany, and Austria.
• This is a key position within TJX Europe's Financial Accounting team with responsibility for the integrity of the Financial Statements, as well as supporting with continuous improvement projects and statutory reporting.
• This role will be instrumental in driving accuracy in Financial Reporting through ownership of the P&L and financial analysis.
• This role will involve stakeholder management across different areas of the business, as well as the ability to understand TJX Europe's end-to-end off-price business model, in conjunction with the financial results.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring integrity in the accounts at location and cost centre level to support budget-holders with decision making and cost control.
• Key business partner for Commercial Finance teams, for example, to ensure a clear and collective understanding of variances to the annual budget and monthly re-forecasts.
• Budgeting, reconciliation, and re-forecasting of lease accounting costs.
• Maintenance of the Fixed Asset books whilst supporting with any queries.
• Preparation of month/quarterly balance sheet reconciliation in accordance with SOX; ensuring that all accounts owned by the team are reconciled and reviewed in a timely manner with any risks or opportunities clearly identified & communicated.
• Responsible for the preparation of local GAAP Financial Statements for legal entities; liaising with external auditors to ensure compliance with local GAAP reporting requirements.
• Supporting Managers on ad hoc continuous improvement projects, as well as supporting the statutory accounts manager on overall process planning and co-ordination.
• Take a lead role in supporting the goals and priorities of Financial Accounting.
• Responsible for an assigned Champion role within the Financial Accounting team.
• Continuous review of processes for streamlining and efficiencies.
• Supporting the development of the other team members.

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Thorough grasp of basic closing routines / ability to ensure integrity of the general ledger in all areas of responsibility.
• Ability to drill down to appropriate level of detail, and then understand and communicate the cause of variances to budget & re-forecast.
• Ability to critically evaluate processes and oversee the execution of recommendations for improvement.
• Flexibility in approach and a willingness to go beyond the defined role.
• Ability to develop relationships across the business and at various levels.
• High level of initiative, curiosity, and drive.
• Some experience of preparing statutory accounts would be preferable.
• Experience of Oracle Financial system preferable.