Senior Management Accountant - N Brown Group : Job Details

As Senior Management Accountant supporting Financial Services, you will lead a team the preparation of the monthly management accounts for the Financial Services arm of the business, produce analysis to forecast, and oversee preparation of reporting packs to deliver insightful analysis on results to senior stakeholders. You will act as business partner to the Financial Services team, ensuring that results are reported on a timely and accurate basis and trends and deviations from forecasts are full understood. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this role is fundamental to delivering the financial objectives of the group to achieve our growth ambitions. What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid working
• 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Apricity, a self-funding IVF benefit at a reduced rate
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
• Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services
• A range of financial wellbeing support
• Colleague discount across all N Brown brands
• Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
• Paid volunteer time – all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of their choice

What will you do as Senior Management Accountant:

• Lead on the preparation, governance, and maintenance of the management accounts for Financial Services, ensuring accurate accounting records are produced and reported to key stakeholders in a timely manner
• Review detailed managements accounts; provide in-depth analytical review, specifically comparing performance versus prior period & budget, with narrative and explanations of trends. Resolve and communicate reasons for key variances each month to the wider Finance team, senior management  and other stakeholders
• Oversight and review of the preparation of the financial services weekly KPI reports
• Analyse and communicate trends in weekly KPIs to senior stakeholders, including the Director of Financial Services, Director of Credit Risk and Director of FS Commercial Finance
• Support on review production of FCA reporting requirements
• Responsible for producing reporting packs for monthly Financial Services committee meetings, including presenting key results and confidently explaining trends
• Ensure that debt sale accounting is appropriately reflected in the management accounts
• Creation of a strong control environment across all areas on financial services finance, ensuring that there is ‘one source of the truth’ and that reports utilised are accurate and consistent
• Develop and evolve month end reporting and analysis to better communicate financial performance to key stakeholders.
• Lead and key audit contact for the financial services audit process, including interim and year end coordination, preparation of relevant technical papers, including IFRS 9

What are we looking for?The ideal candidate will be qualified (ACA preferred) and will have financial services experience and will demonstrate the following:

• To look to challenge current ways of working and promote best practices within the Finance team
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate and partner internally with other teams, and support key members of the finance leadership team.
• Detailed understanding of IFRS 9 and ECL calculations
• Strong commercial acumen and attention to detail
• Excellent excel and analytical skills
• SQL experience beneficial but not essential
• Experience with Oracle Fusion products preferable but not essential.
• Qualified accountant with experience of financial services, experienced in multiple areas of financial management.

N Brown – who we are and why work for us?We’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment that values equality for all. Our vision is that by ‘championing inclusion, we’ll become the most loved and trusted fashion retailer’. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are, therefore, at the heart of our culture. We’re a forward-thinking digital retailer with a financial services proposition to be proud of. We’re customer-obsessed, serving them through three core brands: JD Williams, Simply Be, and Jacamo. We’re experienced, with over 160 years of trading under our belt. We’re inclusive, as we believe in fashion without boundaries; and we’re sustainable, striving to make as little impact on the planet as possible. In May 2024 we were delighted to be named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. We work hard to create a happy and inclusive culture for everyone and we’re so proud to have made this list - as voted for by our very own colleagues!Ways of WorkingWe offer hybrid working which varies across the business depending on the role you’re in.. Our Head Office is located in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. So if you are travelling by train, tram or bus we’re perfectly located, plus we’re surrounded by cool cafes, trendy bars and the best places to eat! Our full-time working hours are 36.17 per week over 5-days. We don’t have strict working hours therefore there is some flexibility around start and finish times as long as you are meeting the needs of the business.Our promise to you:We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We don't discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.What happens when you apply to a role at N Brown?As soon as we receive your application, we’ll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck!