Finance & Implementation Project Office Role

Background

The Retail Implementation Team (RIT) within major retailer is accountable for introducing IT equipment into new Stores, Distribution Centres and Depots, as well as new, or changes to, the existing IT, voice, and data solutions across established sites, as necessitated by Business requirements. This activity spans the territories of the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands within main chain as well as Stores owned by our Franchise Partners.

This vacancy sits within the Implementation Project Office function of the Team, and the successful Candidate will be responsible for delivery of both Project Co-Ordinator and Finance type activities within the role.

The successful Candidate must have proven advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Excel and be able to perform accurate data entry.

The successful Candidate will be responsible for the following key accountabilities:

• Ensure Purchase Order requests from RIT Project Managers are processed, logged and raised within SAP in a timely manner to support the wider deliverables within the Team.
• Provide accurate and timely updates to trackers to expedite approval from Budget Owners, and also reporting of hardware orders from a diverse supplier base to assist with the stock management/allocation process.
• Communicate in an effective manner with the RIT Finance Team and PMs with updates and issue resolution.
• Manage the goods receipting process end-to-end for their orders raised, including the collation of requests from PMs, logging them on the appropriate tracker for approval and submission.
• Perform tasks required by projects assigned. This may include store communications and tracking responses, project tracker/plan updates and report dissemination to Stakeholders.
• Maintenance of the Risk and Issues registers for projects assigned.
• Maintenance of plans for new Stores with tracking of relevant activities, accurate data presented at review meetings and for reporting purposes.
• Deliver Clash and opportunity plans on a weekly basis.
• Raising relevant Change Requests for project and new Store activities and support these through the Change Management governance process.

Job Type: Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months (possiblity of extension).

Pay: £120.00-£140.00 per day

£120-£140 is based on PAYE which will accrue holidays / pension contribution (unless opting out)

If LTD company contractor rate £180 + depending on experience

Schedule:

• Day shift (9am until 5pm)
• Monday to Friday
• Home Working

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Work Location: Remote