Stock Finance Accountant
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Job Description
Job Title: Stock Finance Accountant
Location: Head Office, Leicestershire
Salary: Competitive plus bonus & benefits
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Stock Finance team based out of our Leicestershire head office.
As a Stock Finance Accountant you will report directly to the Stock Finance Manager, working alongside three other senior analysts and one assistant accountant. You will be responsible for all the freight costings; from costing in estimate freight costs, as well as following actual freight costs from our 5 freight forwarders.
You will analyse and reconcile our freight costs for all products coming into the business and to 3rd parties.
You will also be responsible for billing for 3rd parties freight as well as being responsible for costing our latest estimate in the product contract system and in our
financial system.
The role will also require you to work with our imports team on freight costings queries as well maintaining our slippage forecast on a monthly basis. Reporting and analysing on all slippage lines and working through variance vs Forecast and vs last year. Also you will post and analyse all slippage cost accounts by income stream; UK, Branded & International.
Your remit will also include the need to pull together the slippage cost budget together by account as well as pulling together the season’s slippage costs and analysis product group profitability to feed back to the product teams.
Background
The ideal candidate will have a stock background or experience of working in retail finance and ideally qualified in ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
You will possess strong analytical skills including using Excel and other systems to examine data.
SQL Knowledge Is Preferred But Not Essential.
You will be a strong communicator with a willingness to engage with stakeholders around the business, and enjoy the challenge of investigating and resolving discrepancies
About Us
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 The Team
• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• 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
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
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.
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Offer ID: #890711,
Published: 2 weeks ago,
Company registered: 1 year ago
