Senior Finance Analyst – Inventory & Supply Chain

Senior Finance Analyst
- Inventory & Supply Chain

Permanent

Nottingham
- Onsite
- Full time

Recruitment Partner:
Vyoma Gandhi

Boots Opticians are looking for a Senior Finance Analyst
- Inventory, Supply Chain to join our Controllership team, reporting into the Finance Manager
- Working Capital, Margin & Cashflow. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a team that has a broad reach across pivotal business functions, including supply chain and trading.

• Take responsibility for accurate reporting of stock and margin as part of month end
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for your areas of responsibility
• Manage stock movements related to the returns processes
• Support the finance manager with management of the supply chain cost centre
• Work with the supply and commercial teams to provide useful and accurate reporting, as well as ad hoc support with projects
• Support with budget and forecasts within margin and the supply chain cost centre
• Provide support for the external audit process for area of responsibility
• Identify opportunities to drive efficiency in processes by further automation
• Ad hoc projects as required

• Part-qualified or newly qualified (ACCA, CIMA etc.) accountant
• Strong communication skills with ability to collaborate with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to proactively manage workload and deliver to tight deadlines in a fast-paced, diverse environment
• Critical thinking and attention to detail
• Ability to challenge the way things are and use technical accounting knowledge to improve processes
• Strong Excel skills are essential

• Experience of SAP and business objects advantageous

• Career growth within Opticians and the wider group at Boots.

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.