Assistant Financial Accountant - The Works : Job Details

Location

Hybrid: 1-2 days at our Support Centre in Coleshill, Birmingham.

Why The Works?

10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024 - 'Best Companies'

We don’t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.

The Works. It literally means everything. And whatever your story or background, we’re all about unlocking imagination and making creativity accessible to everyone. Whether you’re engaging with customers on the frontline or supporting our colleagues behind the scenes, your impact can be profound and far-reaching.

This is more than toys and books and art supplies. This is about inspiring people to read, learn, create and play. So, with the right passion, it all starts with you.

Become a Assistant Financial Accountant

The Assistant Financial Accountant is a key role supporting the Senior Financial Reporting Manager in developing, streamlining, documenting and embedding updated financial processes and control to eliminate & mitigate process risk. Your main duties will also include the provision of quality supporting information through month end to facilitate effective decision making, as well as playing a key role in statutory audit process.

You will be a key member of the financial reporting team to include

• Review of financial data
• Statutory and external reporting
• Month end activities
• Improving processes, policies and controls to ensure compliance and deliver maximum value to The Works.

Through accurate and timely financial reporting, you support the business to make informed decisions to support its purpose of inspiring reading, learning, creativity and play, whilst enabling a range of stakeholders including investors to understand the performance of the Group.

Your Mission

• Ensuring timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting
• Take ownership of the property and capex balance sheet and related P&L lines. To be responsible for maintaining the Fixed Asset register for the Group including all property, plant and equipment. Including systems that allow the property assets to be reported at cost or valuation and all component accounting entries to be recorded accurately.
• Work with the financial processing team to gain a better understanding of property related costs, such as utilities, providing suggestions for improvements to drive cost efficiencies and controls.
• Delivery of month end process including posting of journals and completion of balance sheet reconciliations
• Analysis of monthly reports providing variance analysis; developing a close working relationship with the commercial finance team
• Helping to prepare interim and annual financial accounts and support for the year end audit process
• Supporting in the provision of financial analysis and interpreting information to make recommendations to management
• Assisting in the preparation of annual budgets and reforecasts
• Seeking to make improvements to processes.
• Provide support for the wider financial reporting team as required

Skills/Behaviours That Will Set You Apart

Part Qualified Accountant

• Experience of working in a financial reporting team
• Experience of capex and property balance sheet topics desirable
• Retail experience desirable

Skills & Experience:

• Proactive: you demonstrate a willingness to learn and ask for support when required. You demonstrate a flexible approach to work.
• Can do attitude and resilient: You can meet tight deadlines and cope with multiple and varied tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Innovative: You can spot where improvements to process are required.
• System skills: You are proficient in Excel.
• Attention to Detail: You have a forensic attention to detail to help us get things right the first time.
• Influence and Challenge: You can influence and constructively challenge when necessary to ensure we do the right thing.
• Initiative and Passionate: You use your initiative and have the energy and passion to make things happen.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: You believe in the power of teamwork and collaboration as the best way to achieve results, with strong communication skills.
• Networking and Relationships: You understand the importance of networking and building strong relationships.
• Self-Starter: You are a self-starter committed to driving your own development.

Our PERKS really are ‘The Works’

• 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days!
• MyWorks - Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more!
• Holiday – 33 days including bank holidays.
• Holiday Purchase - Purchase an additional 5 days
• Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you.
• Wagestream - Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them – for when ‘life’ happens!
• Share Scheme - Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works!
• 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
• Healthcare Cash Plan – To support your everyday healthcare costs
• And loads more! – Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work and optional charity giving.

Our Purpose

To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled.

Our Values

We are Crafty | We are Caring | We are Can-do

We Listen. We Care

Each year, we run an anonymous colleague engagement survey. This is so important for us to hear your feedback and suggestions. We want to know what’s going great, and what needs a couple of tweaks to help make The Works the best place you’ve ever worked! You’ll have opportunity to help give us that direction.

Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments

At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers & members of the LGBTQ+ community (including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans,