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Job Description
Role: Finance Team Leade
Location: Head Office, Leicester
Salary: Competitive plus bonus & benefits
Based at our Head Office in Leicester this is a great opportunity to join Next’s Finance Operations department. As a Finance Team Leader you will oversee day-to-day operations, lead a dynamic team and drive high-profile projects. If you thrive in a fast paced environment, excel at problem solving and have an eye for detail this role is for you.
About the role:
- As a Finance Team Leader you'll be responsible for the day to day running of the area to ensure high accuracy of work is delivered by the team whilst supporting the business in delivering high profile projects and managing a growing supplier base of active suppliers.
- Team management across both UK and outsourced teams
- Highlight in a timely manner areas of non compliance, high volumes and breach of business process & policy
- Review and monitor the teams output ensuring great attention to detail to deliver work to the highest of standards
- Prioritise own and teams workload amongst conflicting priorities and key business deadlines
- Management of daily and weekly payment runs and forward planning for key payments
- Ledger reconciliations and month end accruals
- Review and monitoring of management information to take appropriate action
- Training, mentoring and development of team to build a service oriented team
- Build a team who have a culture of building excellent relationships with key suppliers, problem solving and ownership.
About you:
Essential
- Experience of working in a Financial Accounting environment
- A desire to lead and motivate
- A good communicator, you’ll be comfortable presenting in meetings and liaising with all levels of management
- You possess high level IT skills to complement your ability to analyse and interpret information
- Able to manage and prioritise workloads to ensure deadlines are met and excellent levels of customer service are maintained.
- You’ll be used to thinking on your feet and making decisions
- You’re able to manage and prioritise your workload and have the flexibility to handle operational issues whilst still hitting other deadlines
Desirable
- Proven track record in managing a high performance team or experience in working in AP
- Strong Management skills / ability to motivate a team
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About some of our Benefits
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
Apply Before 07/15/2024, 03:59 AM For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.
