Finance Assistant - Shirebrook

To stay ambitious, we need a Finance Assistant who will embrace our heritage as we look to elevate our future. We're looking for candidates who see the possible in impossible; those who are open-minded and humble, not afraid to take a risk if it's the best option for our business. Our people are passionate about the business and their area of expertise - whether that's luxury fashion buying or sportswear analytics. This is a fantastic opportunity to be working directly for the Commercial Accountant. This is the area of the business that looks after all figures for the entities that operate from Head Office, including management accounts, statutory accounts and budgeting/ forecasting. The role has become available due to rapid growth over recent years, with a number of acquisitions into the group portfolio, alongside the requirement for a significant process improvement. You will be responsible for maintaining our procurement system, supporting budgeting and forecasting processes as well as assisting in month end procedures and balance sheet reconciliations. We will ask you to support with projects that only an over 4bn turnover international retailer could do, so expect to move quickly between demands and to get involved with fresh challenges. You will be joining the UK Finance & Reporting team within the wider management account team and play a pivotal role in delivering some key insights that will ensure Frasers Group continues to elevate our brands and Group.

• Calculation and input into the finance system of monthly prepayments and accruals.
• Support in creating department reporting in order to help with financial planning, including review and investigation of any variances between the actual results and budgeted/forecasted results.
• Support with the calculation of figures to be included in quarterly budgets and forecasts for specific departments/ cost lines.
• Ownership and maintenance the procurement system.
• Provide support to the Finance and Reporting Team for month end reporting processes.
• Completion and ownership of balance sheet reconciliations.
  
  Part qualified ACCA/CIMA or looking to begin study (study support provided)
• Experience of accounting systems and finance processes
• Good MS Excel skills
  
  At Frasers Group we're rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we're serving our consumers with the world's best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we're elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.
Why join us? Our mission- we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem Our purpose - we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world's best brands and experiences At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:
• Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet, Frasers Champion- Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have thought without limits, owned it or been relevant.
Fearless 1000 - By October 2025, we want our share price to hit 10. If that happens for 30 or more consecutive trading days, all colleagues across the business will receive a bonus! The top 1000 performers in the company will receive unprecedented bonuses, worth from 50,000 to 1million! Senior leaders across the business nominate these performers twice a year for embodying our core values and delivering exceptional performance
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Frasers Festival - an event like no other! Our Frasers Festival is our celebration for Head Office and Retail Staff across the UK and Europe - hosting a MEGA brand village, guest speakers from the world's biggest brands, evening entertainment, the ultimate Frasers Fearless Fitness Challenge and much more. CEO Sessions - Once a quarter we offer 20 employees the opportunity to attend our "CEO Sessions" ran by our CEO and leadership team. Employees have the chance to connect, network and submit questions around specific topics such as our Sports or Luxury business. Retail Reconnect - In order to build the planets most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work. Employee Welfare Frasers Fit - Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition and lifestyle advice- all completely free. Retail Trust - We know that its not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24 hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.