Finance Manager – Financial Control

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Finance Manager - Financial Control

Location: Nottingham

Contract: Fixed Term 9 months

Recruiter: Noaman Hussain

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Finance team on our journey to implementing a new SAP S/4 HANA platform for Boots UK & ROI, Boots Opticians, and No7 Beauty Company.

This role will support the Finance team with BAU activities whilst they support the SAP project. Additionally, this role will work alongside process leads and business readiness leads to deliver the new SAP S/4 HANA solution.

Key responsibilities

1. Month end close activities including supervision of offshore team, review and approval of journals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
2. Supporting onshore and offshore teams to adopt new process solutions that maximise the benefits of a single platform for 3 businesses.
3. Business readiness activities including User Acceptance Testing, Standard Operating Procedures updates, and training.
4. Data readiness activities including cleanse and transformation of data ahead of migration to S/4.
5. Transition to new system/cut over planning and execution support.

What you'll need to have

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.

1. Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
2. Knowledge and experience of US GAAP and IFRS and working in a SOX control environment
3. Strong communication skills - working with key individuals across the business and feels comfortable in challenging the status quo
4. Be a keen problem solver, with experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues
5. Experience of designing, implementing, auditing, or operating end to end business and finance processes.

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

1. Experience of using SAP and SAP BW
2. Experience of one or more of the areas below
   
   1. Fixed Assets and Capital Projects
   2. Finance Master Data and Chart of Accounts

Our benefits

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

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

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

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