Assistant Management Accountant (6 month FTC)

Job description

  Salary
Excellent Salary & Benefits
·  Role area
Finance & IT (Habitat)
·  Contract type
Fixed Term Contract
·  Job reference
HRGSV389087
·  Location
London
EC1N 8TS
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About the Habitat brand

For over fifty years Habitat has been imagining life as it should be. Since its revolutionary beginnings in 1964 the brand has made outstanding design for the home accessible to all by bringing enduring, inventive and affordable products crafted from around the globe to the UK high street.

Today Habitat has three flagship stores in London and one flagship in Brighton; a Mini Habitat showroom in Leeds, 11 Mini Habitat stores in Sainsbury's supermarkets across the UK as well as a digital store at habitat.co.uk which offers over 2,300 Click & Collect locations and home delivery nationwide.

We recognise that today there are more brands than ever selling furniture, but we're strong in our conviction that we're true originals, because almost every piece in our collection is designed by us.

Main purpose

To assist in the preparation of Habitat periodic management accounts, perform daily bank reconciliations and to undertake budgeting, forecasting, accounting, analysis and explanation on all areas of Habitat expenditure.

Key Tasks

Assisting the FP&A Analyst in the production of periodic management accounts for Habitat Retail Ltd

Reconcile bank accounts on a daily basis and investigate any differences with the stores/ecommerce teams

Analysis and explanation of variances to forecast across cost areas including head office central costs and payroll

Finance support and reconciliation of B2B and Returned Stock clearance processes

Preparation of period end accruals and balance sheet reconciliations

Assisting the business functions (retail, marketing etc) in the preparation of Budgets and Forecasts for Habitat expenditure

Preparation and submission of monthly VAT return

Technical Skills & Experience

Part qualified (preferable but not essential) accountant with at least 18 months financial experience.

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to prepare clear, concise and accurate work when under pressure and to tight deadlines

Good communication skills, especially the ability to present financial information to a non-finance audience

Good interpersonal skills, especially the ability to build trusting relationships with non-finance stakeholders

Advanced Excel skills

Understanding and experience of Microsoft AX preferable but not essential