Senior Finance Analyst – Inventory & Supply Chain
Permanent
Nottingham - Onsite - Full time
Recruitment Partner: Vyoma Gandhi
What you'll be doing
Boots Opticians are looking for a Senior Finance Analyst – Inventory, Supply Chain to join our Controllership team, reporting into the Finance Manager – Working Capital, Margin & Cashflow. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a team that has a broad reach across pivotal business functions, including supply chain and trading.
Key responsibilities
You will gain a wide range of knowledge across both technical accounting and business operations, utilising that to manage stock recognition and movements, supplier funding processes, and provide support to teams cross-functionally. You will have responsibility for accurately delivering month end processes, as well as supporting with budgeting and forecasting within both margin and the supply chain cost centres. In this role you will:
Take responsibility for accurate reporting of stock and margin as part of month end
Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for your areas of responsibility
Manage stock movements related to the returns processes
Support the finance manager with management of the supply chain cost centre
Work with the supply and commercial teams to provide useful and accurate reporting, as well as ad hoc support with projects
Support with budget and forecasts within margin and the supply chain cost centre
Provide support for the external audit process for area of responsibility
Identify opportunities to drive efficiency in processes by further automation
Ad hoc projects as required
What you'll need to have (our must-haves)
Part-qualified or newly qualified (ACCA, CIMA etc.) accountant
Strong communication skills with ability to collaborate with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders
Ability to proactively manage workload and deliver to tight deadlines in a fast-paced, diverse environment
Critical thinking and attention to detail
Ability to challenge the way things are and use technical accounting knowledge to improve processes
Strong Excel skills are essential
It would be great if you also have
Where your brilliance can take you
Rewards designed for you
Boots Retirement Savings Plan
Discretionary annual bonus
Generous employee discounts
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
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A bit about us
At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.
What's next
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
We hope to hear from you soon.
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