Financial Reporting Manager (9 months FTC)

Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Location

Hours

37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

Salary

Competitive

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting

bit…

A day includes

The

role is part of the Financial Reporting team which looks after Superdrug and

Savers businesses, supporting month end close and processes, quarterly

reporting to Group in Hong Kong, and all year end processes from liaising with

auditors to statutory accounts reporting. It is a great opportunity for someone

wanting to gain a breadth of experience in a Financial Accountant role, and

exposure to a wide range of areas within finance.

Be

the voice of customers and orchestrate the organization to live the brand

purpose and inspire a customer-first culture to build customer love in every

touchpoint of our online and offline platform.

A typical day in this role includes

Take full ownership of preparing relevant internal and external reporting deliverables for relevant entities (e.g. Superdrug, Savers, AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited), including co-ordination of period-end activities as appropriate

Co-ordinate the preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations for relevant entities, ensuring robust reviews are performed and issues are appropriately resolved/ escalated in a timely manner

Prepare direct and indirect cash flows and balance sheet reporting for relevant entities, ensuring timely and accurate preparation of forecasts and reporting with insightful variance analyses

Take full ownership of preparing the annual corporation tax computations for relevant entities, including capital allowances, payments on account and period end tax postings

Develop and produce other relevant financial reports as required, for example annual statutory accounts

Support the Senior Financial Reporting Manager in ensuring Group accounting policy and internal control guidelines are well understood by key stakeholders in the business and in establishing the impact of new accounting standards

Support the Senior Financial Reporting Manager in undertaking ad-hoc projects for continuous improvement in financial reporting and control environment

Line management of Financial Accountant

Generate detailed customer focused initiatives, in line with the XX Put Department here XX strategy and supports with execution.

Listen to the customer and implement new ideas and ways of working which are

designed to improve service considering both Online and Offline.

Ensure the team priorities actions which delight the customer/team member

✅This job is a good fit for you if

You enjoy working in fast-paced, ever-changing, finance environment

You are ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

You get satisfaction from a strong control environment

You’re at your best when building great business relationships and can influence others to see from your point of view

You like to add value through team collaboration and driving process improvement

Established strong relationships at all levels

Can manage tough/complex messages with all stakeholders

Role model collaboration with the team to exceed goals

Positive attitude towards feedback, uses this to generate initiatives to meet/exceed expectations, and shares feedback in a meaningful way

Effectively manages their team by playing to strengths and proactively addressing its opportunities

Ensuring everyone’s wellbeing & diversity is considered and celebrated

Feel empowered to challenge across different career bands and roles

Supporting other team members in shaping their work to do so

Proactively keep up to date with market and consumer trends in their specialism and feeds this into department strategy.

Use data and insights to challenge the status quo to keep us ahead of the competition

Use data to inform and generate new ideas and make decisions to improve on future plans

What you’ll need

Qualified in a recognized accountancy qualification

Strong excel skills essential

Self-starter and able to work independently, with track record of picking up new areas quickly

Experience of month end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and corporation tax, would be advantageous

An interest in the retail sector would be useful

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Technical Responsibilities

Tech & AI : Helping your team understand when to use AI, when to rely on human judgment, and how to combine both

Tech & AI Rethinking how work gets done - Actively shifting work from repetitive tasks to higher-value activities as AI takes on routine work

Tech & AI Role modelling behaviors encourage confidence with AI. Actively developing your ability to use AI effectively and think critically about outputs

Tech & AI Strengthen Human Touch -

Keeping the human element strong

Balancing AI efficiency with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion

Here's what's in it for you

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
• Come and be part of something special!

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