Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst | Retail Group

Permanent | Huge opportunity long term

Up to £60,000 depending on experience + Fantastic benefits

Full Time in office | parking on site

Working for a fantastic Group playing a major part in Retail and making a difference. This is a newly created role to joining the team as a highly experienced Finance Analyst focusing on Marketing and the drive forward looking at customers, trends and impact - exciting hay!!

You will need to not only be an energetic enthusiast to numbers and data but also looking at online trends and capturing where the customer is. What needs to be improved. What are we missing?

Reporting into Senior Management and also having close contact to the CEO with their drive and passion from a non-finance back-ground. This will be an exciting opportunity!

WHAT IS THE ROLE:

This is a new role to provide commercial and financial support in the set up and ongoing management of 3rd party relationships, including development of internal and external Management information and controls. This requires close working relationships with key stakeholders to understand the aims and terms that are agreed, ensure that all required documentation and internal requirements are in place, and to monitor, measure and report on the ongoing performance of the relationships.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Development of standard financial and risk contractual terms to aid trading team negotiations
• Working with internal stakeholders to ensure that existing and new relationships are fully understood, agreed and performing to plan. You will initially work with the following areas:

• CEO to understand 3rd party strategy aims
• Trading team negotiating terms with 3rd parties and these terms are adhered to when serving the 3rd party
• Legal support to ensure financial terms are adequately documented
• IT to ensure MI development and control mechanisms are developed
• Warehouse & Finance teams
• Develop the 3rd party supplier strategy summary document and maintain with each new arrangement including nature of arrangement and profitability assessment with detail including:
  • Signed contracts
  • Agreed commercial terms
  • Internal and 3rd party owners
  • MI Suite for trading information - Sales / Stock etc
  • Profitability information included additional / other costs
• Through the Development of 3rd party supplier template of key information to support including risk rating, you will be the key contact for risk mitigation and advice including
  • 3rd party information (company accounts / credit rating / news)
  • Company status, VAT and duties required status
  • Contract financial terms in conjunction with legal review
• Management of 3rd party MI agenda and reporting including supplier reconciliations and payment adherence
  • Profitability analysis weekly and monthly
  • Invoice v MI reconciliation and issues resolution
  • Automate reporting information for the board and other key stakeholders

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• ACCA/ CIMA/ ACA Qualified
• Retail industry background - Preference
• Finance project development
• 3rd party liaison and management
• Excellent Excel and other MI skills
• Able to push back and challenge where needed
• Flexible attitude
• Enjoy looking at improvement and opportunity

The Company

Their continued success comes from their entrepreneurial thinking and listening to their customers to deliver fashion products at the right price. Our environment is fast paced, ever evolving and full of excitement. As a Brand they continue to expand and become the number specialist fashion retailer in the UK whilst continuing to develop all their brands into new and exciting niche markets both in the UK and further afield.