Overseas Assistant Accountant

36 hours p/w

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic Overseas Finance team. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for providing support to the Overseas Accountant in preparing the Man

Our Overseas operation is extremely high profile with meetings every month between several Main Board Directors and senior operational managers where both the current operation and future opportunities are reviewed. The financial performance of each country and operation is continually reviewed and discussed in this forum – this role is integral in maintaining tight financial control over an ever increasingly complex operation; therefore, we need absolute stars working on them. The Overseas website has experienced strong growth over the past 7 years growing from a turnover of £33m to £295m in year ending Jan 18. Throughout this rapid expansion Next has maintained a healthy profitability and opportunities have been developed weighing up an improved level of service against increasing costs. This role is pivotal in producing accurate and timely analysis to support countless opportunities.

Located within our Leicestershire Head Office, our Online Overseas Finance team is responsible for delivering finance support to key stakeholders across the business for a variety of purposes including:

• Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales Reporting
• Maintenance of price files across all countries and partners
• Ensuring tight financial control for the accounting/reporting of our partner relationships
• Monthly reporting, forecasting and budgeting of Overseas P&L

When working in this role, typical responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations for the Overseas business.
• Assisting in maintaining cashflow reporting and accurate forecasting for financial planning in overseas markets.
• Be able to prepare, review and deliver ad-hoc information requests to key stakeholders for a variety of business models, often at short notice. The finance team is reactive and provides flexibility for the business to communicate with customers using dynamic and relevant methods. Above all we must provide information and insight to our business colleagues in a timely and accurate manner.

Criteria

Your Skills

• CIMA/ACCA or ACA Part Qualified
• IT literate - Excel (Essential) - CODA(Not essential)
• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate information clearly
• Excellent planning and organisational skills to ensure delivery of work to timescales and the ability to prioritise own workload.
• Self-motivated

The Hiring Process: -

Following CV screening you will be informed if you have been success at this stage via email, so please keep any eye on your inbox.

All interviews will take place at our Head office in Enderby, Leicestershire. If you are successful you will be invited to attend a first stage interview which will be competency based, lasting approximately 1 hour and will include a practical exercise. Thereafter the final stage will involve an interview with the head of department or senior manager.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Where possible, Next endeavour to support all applicants throughout the hiring process. If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply for this vacancy please contact us at headoffice_careers@next.co.uk or call on 0116 272 7000.

Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• ShareSave Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff Discount
• On-site Nursery
• 25% Staff Discount

About Next

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 43,000 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 540 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!

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.