Profitability accountant
Purpose:
The profitability accountant, reporting to the Finance Manager within the On Demand division, will have the autonomy to run end-to-end financial analysis supporting the commercial success of the business unit. They will be a commercially focused partner to the business supporting the day-to-day operations. The core objective is to provide timely, accurate & commercially orientated business information to enable the maximisation of business opportunities while ensuring that the internal controls of the company are adhered to.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparation and review of monthly management accounts for business units within the On Demand division, ensuring compliance with group reporting deadlines and providing financial and commercial insight to key non-financial leaders in the business
- Creation of financial & management reports across customer, product & supplier profitability, leveraging data across multiple world wide entities from multiple ERP and WMS
- Creation of dashboards to provide timely and insightful management information to tight deadlines and ensuring accuracy
- Build KPI suite for operations reporting, outlining processes and highlighting key trend and drivers of cost and opportunities for improvement
- Assisting in the production and further development of reporting on business performance to Senior Management.
- Provision of financial support to the Commercial Team on existing & new initiatives and projects
- Assisting in the preparation of budgets and reforecasts for the business in conjunction with the Finance Manager/Client Operations teams, in line with Group timetable
- Overseeing the preparation and improvement of client reports in line with reporting deadlines.
- Liaise with Group & Intercompany finance teams as necessary.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors.
- Ongoing review and assessment of controls and working with process improvement team to implement or enhance internal controls - ensuring the business unit is aligned at all times to support the growth of the business.
- Ensuring that balance sheet reconciliations are prepared to audit standard on a monthly basis.
- Participate in regular team and group meetings.
- Be flexible in this role to support the finance & commercial function of the Uniphar Group as instructed by your manager.
Key Skills & Experiences
- Commercially minded qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CPA) with experience working with multi-functional disciplines including non-financial managers.
- Strong ability to apply critical strategic thinking to resolve problems.
- Self-motivated individual with ambition to be a high achiever within the organisation.
- Good Commercial Acumen with a focus on optimisation of profits.
- Proven time management and prioritisation skills focusing on urgent and overlapping deadlines, strong organisational skills, attention to detail and proven accuracy with record keeping.
- A proven track record of delivering high quality customer support.
- Ability to work effectively under time and delivery pressures
- Ability to influence without authority cross-functionally within the business
- High level of proficiency in excel and PPT, along with knowledge and experience across multiple ERP systems and statistical analysis
- Show resilience, be flexible and adaptable.
- Professional level written and oral communication.
- Very strong communication skills to deal with staff at all levels and with external stakeholders (clients)
- Excellent Analytical Skills (numerical and written) with strong planning and organising skills
- Decision making skills, ability to develop innovative and workable solutions to real business situations and ability to work on own initiative to follow projects through to a successful conclusion.
- Target driven individual focussed on meeting tight deadlines and ability to work under pressure and absorb and deliver on ad-hoc requirements within short timeframes
- Excellent attention to detail
- Leadership and Interpersonal skills and the ability to work at all levels in a large organisation, inside and outside of the finance function