Job Description
Job Title: Travel & Expenses Accountant
Location: Head Office, Leicestershire
Salary: Competitive plus bonus & benefits
Are you a qualified accountant with a passion for analysis, process improvement, and collaboration? Next PLC is seeking a motivated and skilled accountant to join our Finance Operations Team. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of our travel and expense operations on Concur, manage key financial processes, and play a vital role in driving operational efficiency.
What You'll Be Doing:
In this dynamic role, you will:
* Analyse and Allocate Travel Costs: Oversee employee travel-related expenses of approximately £21 million annually.
* Corporate Credit Card Oversight: Manage and review expenditures totaling £10 million annually.
* VAT Reclaims Management: Handle audits, reviews, and ensure compliance for VAT reclaims.
* Financial Reporting and Forecasting: Deliver monthly balance sheet reconciliations, detailed forecasting, and budgeting.
* Policy Development and Compliance: Develop and maintain a robust Business Travel & Expense Policy, ensuring compliance through tailored training programs.
* Carbon Footprint Analysis: Incorporate travel data into the group's carbon footprint reporting.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key point of contact for travel and expense-related queries, providing expert issue resolution and exception reporting to senior management and directors.
* Supplier Management: Negotiate and manage contracts with external suppliers.
* Team Leadership: Manage and develop a team, including one direct report and two outsourced indirect reports.
About You:
We are looking for a qualified accountant who is:
* Analytical and Detail-Oriented: Able to manage and interpret large volumes of complex data effectively.
* A Problem Solver: Logical, proactive, and confident in making well-reasoned decisions.
* An Excellent Communicator: Assertive, persuasive, and skilled in building strong working relationships both internally and externally.
* A Confident Leader: Comfortable leading discussions, presenting insights, and driving business improvements.
* Technically Skilled: Equipped with the financial and business acumen to challenge and enhance existing systems and processes.
About Us
You know Next, but did you know we're a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland? We're the UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we're the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it's now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we've gone global!
About the Team
* 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
* Company performance based bonus
* Sharesave scheme
* On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
* 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
* Early VIP access to sale stock
* Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
* Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
* Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
* Free on-site parking
* Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
* Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
* Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
* Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
* Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail. #J-18808-Ljbffr