Jobs At Primark – Financial Accountant In Norwich

Overview

Position Title:Financial Accountant

Company:Primark

Location:Norwich, UK

Job Description:

Join us on a Global Financial Reporting team. An exciting and varied role with exposure to 14 countries, 392 stores and 78,000 employees. This is your opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and a chance to engage directly with the business allowing you to grow your network. Gain experience coaching and mentoring a team of Trainee Accountants whilst developing your own career within a renowned international retailer. Now is the time – make your mark on Primark and find your amazing.

Responsibilities:

• Liaising with multiple teams to ensure costs being reported are understood and controlled. These departments include but are not contained to, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Bank, Accounts
• Payable, Internal Audit, ICT, P&C and local market teams.
• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders and key contacts across varying levels across the business.
• Involvement in the preparation and analysis of robust periodic financial and management accounts.
• Assist the Finance Manager in supporting the international finance teams by ensuring payroll accounting adheres to local GAAP and IFRS requirements in all countries in which we operate.
• Exposure to key contacts within Retail. This includes periodic production and analysis of payroll costs by cost centre and location, and distribution of reports to the wider business, and responding to queries.
• Support management and the team in the record to report of Payroll & Reward – payroll record to report is a key area within the financial reporting and wider finance teams given the size of
• Primark and the number of employees.
• Support management to ensure governance, mitigate risk & appropriate controls are in place in an ever-increasing regulatory environment.

Requirements:

• MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Strong Excel skills are required
• Payroll reporting experience, or experience working in financial reporting would be an advantage.
• Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent) with minimum 3 years PQE.
• English is essential and other European languages would be an advantage.
• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) – need to communicate to all levels within the business.
• Can demonstrate initiative with strong work ethic.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills, ability to multi-task, plan and prioritise work schedule and work within agreed timescales.
• Oracle Financials, Excel4apps and Cognos would be an advantage.
• Commercial awareness with ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of wider business factors.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Big 4 background or a number of years industry experience preferred (Retail would be an advantage but not a requirement).
• Excellent attention to detail and strong financial and analytical acumen (ability to analyse and interrogate high volumes of data as well as demonstrating an ability to focus on higher level overview).
• Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic and demanding environment.