Accountant

Robert Half are pleased to be partnering with one of the worlds most inventive retailers to recruit an Accountant. The Accountant will receive a salary of up to £60,000 along with an incredibly attractive benefits package. This organisation is based in Bicester and offers hybrid remote working, you will be expected in the office 2-3 times a week.

Ideally the Accountant will have been trained in practice working in audit and will be fully qualified.

Primary responsibilities -

• Providing central accounting guidance on Technical IFRS issues supported by senior staff Including IFRS 15, IFRS 16 and IFRS 9 both ad-hoc and at audit periods.
• Preparation of loan NPV calculations under IFRS 9.
• Managing month end close processes that impact all sites and/or Central that use Power BI /Automation.
• Preparing accruals, prepayments and month-end adjustments.
• In detail understanding of Sustainability Standards particularly ESRS and potentially ISSB in the next two years.
• Liaising with Legal and Sustainability Strategy teams as Value Retail progresses with Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD requirements, to understand financial impact of new sustainability strategies and to ensure that the Financial interests of Value Retail are protected from Sustainability impacts and risks and ready to take advantage of opportunities.
• Liaising with Central teams under the Finance umbrella to ensure that stakeholders are briefed and can consider Sustainability strategy requirements for their own departments.
• Supporting the Finance team in the Limited Assurance CSRD audits.
• Maintaining suite of Finance created Power BI reports.
• Maintaining and creating new Power Automate flows to improve automation of central tasks and reporting.
• Liaising with other departments to aid them in their own Power BI development.

Key experience and attributes -

• Audit trained 1 + years PQE
• Advanced Excel skills covering as a minimum Lookups, Aggregation Functions and Pivot tables.
• Experience with processes and internal controls
• Desire to learn about the Power Platform, particularly Power BI. Formal and informal training will be provided as necessary.
• Desire to learn about Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), European Sustainability Standards (ESRS)
• Developing yourself and others: You encourage team unity through sharing information or expertise, working together to solve problems, and putting team success first in achieving business objectives. You are excited by learning and deploying new skills

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