What will you be doing?
What will you be doing?
The Society are fully embracing the new office ways of working culture, so a mixture of both office (Lichfield) and home working is on offer.
You will be working in a growing part of the Society, following the successful acquisition of the funeral business from Midcounties Co-operative in 2021. The funeral business will continue to go through significant change and growth as the Society invests further in this key business area.
You will be at the heart of the funeral finance team. As a key member of the team, you will be producing period end management accounts and driving insight and reporting against budget and forecast for senior internal and external stakeholders.
You'll also be getting stuck into detailed analysis to support the period end results and help the business leaders drive actionable responses to the performance insight you bring.
Through your understanding of the business drivers, you'll help the Senior Finance Managers produce budgets and forecasts for the funeral business and improve the reporting of key performance indicators.
You'll do all of this whilst maintaining a strong financial control focus, ensuring robust controls are in place to deliver accurate and timely accounts and balance sheet reconciliations are completed periodically.
How will I know if I am right for this role?
You'll be a qualified and experienced Management Accountant with experience of preparing complex management accounts using both systems and manual processes.
You'll be an experienced Excel user and used to using it to support detailed analysis and managing large quantities of data. You'll be part of a great team and will be happy working collaboratively across the wider finance team.
As a qualified accountant, you'll have excellent attention to detail both in preparing and reviewing analysis and data.
What is in it for me?
In addition to our competitive salaries, our colleagues also benefit from:
* Fantastic colleague discount - including a discount of up to 20% on our products.
* Retail discounts - our new hub offers colleagues access to hundreds of exclusive retail discounts, save money on days out and take advantage of holiday discounts.
* Holiday buy - colleagues can buy up to a week extra of annual leave each year to enjoy the things that matter to them outside of work.
* Colleague recognition- we make sure we celebrate our colleague's achievements both personally and professionally
* Enhanced family friendly policies - we want to help you feel fully supported during any significant life events.
* Share of the profits - We pay a share of our profits to eligible colleagues as a thank you for their contribution to our success.
* Paid time for volunteering - we encourage our colleagues to spend three days per year taking part in volunteering, fully paid for by us.
* Give as you earn- as a caring society, we want to help you support charities which mean something to you.
* Healthcare Cashplan - your wellbeing is important, so you are able contribute to a voluntary plan that helps pay towards a range of healthcare expenses.
* Company Pension - Colleagues can access a company pension scheme with us and receive an employer contribution when they too contribute. We also offer Pension wellbeing information to help you plan for retirement.
* Life Assurance - You'll get free life assurance cover, that pays your nominated beneficiary if you die while you're working for us.
* Personalised learning and development - with easy access to a wide range of training programmes
We are the difference makers and understand flexibility makes a difference- w e understand a 'one size fits all' approach doesn't work for colleagues when it comes to flexibility and balancing work with home life.
We have introduced new ways of working to support our colleague's wellbeing and embrace ways of working that work for everyone.
Our hybrid working policy includes daily quiet time that is free of meetings, with an 'unplugged' Friday morning and shorter meeting durations for wellbeing breaks in between calls.
We are also trialling "Workflex" across our Support Centre, Funeral and Retail locations which offers colleagues the opportunity to work a compressed 4-day working week, 9-day fortnight or a mix of both. More reasons to join us at Central Co-op.
Who are we?
Who are we?
We're Central Co-op, a Member-owned and Member-led co-operative Society.
And with us, you're not just a colleague, you're a Member. You'll own a share of the business.
You'll be able to make a positive impact in your community, joining us in our mission to create a sustainable Society, and working alongside a team of passionate people who'll help you grow.
To find out more about working for us, visit our website www.careers.coop
Everyone is welcome here. We're happy to make reasonable adjustments so that all our candidates can show us how they'll perform their role. There is space on our application form for any additional details- please also use this space to include any adjustments required. #J-18808-Ljbffr