Senior Finance Analyst - Inventory, Margin & Loss

Contract: Permanent

Recruitment Partner: Lizzy Parfitt

About the role

Boots Opticians are looking for a Senior Finance Analyst – Inventory, Margin & Loss to join our Controllership team, reporting into the Finance Manager – Working Capital, Margin & Franchise Partner Accounts. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a team that has a broad reach across pivotal business functions, including supply chain, loss, and trading.

You will gain a wide range of knowledge across both technical accounting and business operations, utilising that to manage stock recognition and movements 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 loss team 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

• 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

• Experience of SAP and business objects advantageous

Our benefits

• 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 holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.

• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

What's next

If your application is successful, our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion you will be notified by email.

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.