Accountant - Marketing & Data

As a key financial partner to our Marketing and Data teams, you will play a pivotal role in driving commercial performance and ensuring robust financial control. You will take ownership of the department's P&Ls, oversee loyalty scheme reporting, and provide strategic insights that directly influence marketing campaigns and capital expenditure. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to collaborate with senior stakeholders, shape the annual budgeting process, and develop junior talent within the finance team

You will be responsible for

• Period End Procedures - carry out cost reviews with the marketing teams, work closely with our Accounting COE to ensure accurate reporting,
• Reporting - Update the marketing & data P&Ls and provide variance analysis to measure periodic and YTD performance against Budget
• Own, maintain and communicate weekly reporting on our Loyalty scheme
• Stakeholder management - work closely with marketing & data leadership teams on budgeting, forecasting and reviewing of actuals, challenging performance when required
• Cost Management - Manage and review capital expenditure budget and requests
• Manage the outturn process with key stakeholders to highlight any risks and opportunities
• Support the annual budget planning process
• Ad hoc analysis to aid decision making on potential marketing campaigns
• Line management and development of Finance Apprentice

About you

Role Specific Knowledge,

Skills & Experience

• Professional accounting qualification - CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent
• Knowledge of financial and management accounting
• Attention to detail
• An ability to deliver in a complex, fast paced environment
• Excellent analytical thinking and numerical skills
• Excellent Microsoft Excel or Google sheets skills
• Good verbal communication skills, ability to articulate financial data in a clear and transparent way
• Resilience and ability to adapt in an ever changing environment
• Experience of stakeholder management
• Experience of having to prioritise to meet deadlines
• Previous experience of supporting the delivery of finance plans and budgets

About us

In return for all your hard work, you will receive

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.

We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.