Accountant - Retail and Employment Costs - Asda House

Job Title

Accountant - Retail and Employment Costs

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Controlling

Closing Date

1 July 2024

 

“Everything about Asda” 

We are a values-led organisation. As such we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input. 

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant. 

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.  

“Everything you’ll love”   

• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for your self and switch off 
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year 
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us 
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year 
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)  
• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours 

Plus, much more! 

“That’s more like it” 

“Find your role”

   

The Accountant opportunity will manage and develop a small team of trainee management accountants with responsibility for Retail and Employment costs accounting.

We support our customers by providing the best products at the best prices, we believe in seeing challenges where others see problems – our culture is resilient, energetic and exceptionally fast-paced.  If you think you've got the skills and personality to succeed in this environment, consider joining us in this key Finance role.

You'll be pivotal to ensuring that our corporate and business strategies are supported by the very best financial accounting and control processes - and that these processes continually maximise our profitability and efficiency.

It’s a great opportunity to combine technical accounting with coaching, communication, influencing, leadership and prioritisation skills to ensure that we maintain a strong control environment and support Asda in delivering our financial plan.

Your Role

• You will act as Financial Controller for part of the Asda business, you will manage the accurate and timely production of financial information for internal/external reporting, including compliance with group accounting policies and procedures and managing the related financial control environment.
• Reviewing financial performance monthly with Commercial Finance customers including clear articulation of variances to plan/forecast.
• Maintaining an awareness of risk management issues across the Asda business and lead cross functional projects to enhance the control environment.
• Using the large volumes of data available to continually refine and improve our understanding of the numbers and evolve financial control.
• Working with the business partners and Commercial Finance teams on new business initiatives to ensure the financial reporting impact is understood and financial controls are robust,
• Review of month-end balance sheet reconciliations,
• Delivery of process improvement within the team, looking for opportunities to make processes more efficient

Let's find out about you” 

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified accountant,
• Confidence liaising with people at all levels,
• Able to quickly prioritise and make decisions,
• Commitment to developing and stretching your own skills,
• Great analytical and problem-solving skills,
• Able to think laterally and challenge the status quo.
• Experience using digital tools such as Alteryx and Tableau would be advantageous but not essential

  
“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone’s reach. 
 
We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda. 

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Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works.  This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective.  It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team. 
You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-

•    Discretionary company bonus
•    Company pension up to 7% matched
•    10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
 
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves