We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.
By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.
THE ROLE:
- Preparation of statutory accounts in a timely and accurate manner, including Group (IFRS), UK subsidiaries (FRS 101) – both UK and Jersey Law
- Preparation of the statutory accounts for Germany (German GAAP).
- To manage the period end timetable & GL closing & processes
- Ensures timely completion and review of the monthly balance sheet reconciliation process to support the period end close & identify financial and control risks / opportunities.
- Supports the development, maintenance and adherence to the finance manual/procedures across all areas of the finance department on a day-to-day basis and as new projects are launched across the business.
- Provides a high level of oversight and control over the group balance sheet
- Ensures that the statutory reporting requirements of the Group and its subsidiaries are met in a timely and accurate manner.
- To manage the external audit process and coordinate the annual timetable.
- A key point of contact with the Group’s auditors in all technical matters concerning the consolidation and subsidiary statutory accounts.
- To be a technical accounting expert for the group – IFRS, UK GAAP, German GAAP, including preparation of technical papers for review
- Provides ad hoc external reporting eg turnover certificates, regulatory reporting as required
- Support maintenance and upgrades of the group accounting software to ensure it is fit for purpose
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
- To provide supervision & direction to a team of 2 finance analysts in line with Group people policies and practices.
- To support the professional development of 2 direct reports through coaching and wider participation of the annual statutory accounts production.
- To manage Group accounting processes to support a timely and accurate monthly management & statutory accounting cycle (P&L and Balance Sheet) including IFRS 16, consolidation, inter-company, impairments and foreign currency accounting, in line with agreed reporting deadlines.
- Support changes to accounting standards & reporting of non-routine transactions ensuring they flow through the GL in an efficient and accurate manner.
- Manage process to maintain the GL structure to support business reporting requirements and new initiatives / markets.
- To manage the monthly balance sheet review and identify financial risks and opportunities.
- To identify control weaknesses, recommend improvements and escalate to ensure they are managed appropriately with cyclical internal audit review of finance key controls.
- Contribute to the preparation of the Group’s consolidated & subsidiary statutory accounts.
- Preparation and update of Group and subsidiary audit files.
- Managing the preparation and review of turnover certificates across the Group’s portfolio for submission to 3rd party estates management company
WHO YOU ARE:
Minimum level of education or qualifications
- Qualified ACCA/ACA at least 3yrs + post qualification experience
Essential skills/knowledge
- Considerable experience of financial statutory reporting for consolidated and single entity accounts
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of IFRS.
- Experience either as an auditor or in being key point of contact for an audit in industry
- Strong analytical and accounting skills with experience of establishing new accounting processes & transactions in a multi-currency and multi-national environment. Excellent communicator across all levels of organisation.
- Highly motivated.
- Able to prioritise and manage time in order to meet deadlines.
Desirable Skills/knowledge
- Excel
- SAP 4 Hana (Finance system)
Interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to express complex ideas simply, combined with strong and effective presentation skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:
- 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
- Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
- Private pension scheme
- Profit related bonus scheme
- Option to join our Healthcare Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
- All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
- Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
- Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years service)
- Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
- Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
- We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust
Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.
We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.
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