A critical role in Commercial Finance which provides business controllership across all supplier income activities within the buying teams (terms, over-riders and retail media agreements).
Roles and Responsibilities
* Terms
o Tracking and monitoring the terms for Commercial teams.
o Working with Commercial finance business partners offering support and review of the commerciality of the supply agreements.
* Invoice Audits (incl MMG Store Media)
o Supporting the team managing queries and escalations.
o Second reviews on all >£100k fixed deal invoices and a sample of others.
o Timely escalations on outstanding audits to ensure weekly deadlines achieved in line with set timelines.
o Lead on the legal escalations ensuring engagement from the commercial trading and legal team to complete audits in a timely manner.
o Completion of the period end Control and Compliance stats.
o Monitoring and follow up of the issues tracker ensuring credit notes are raised in a timely manner.
* Over-riders
o Support on the completion of the second reviews of the over-rider Midas audits.
o Support on the monthly over-rider income reviews and provide adequate challenge to commercial trading and commercial finance.
o Support on the finalisation of ended deals on Midas ensuring that they are all finalised in a timely manner.
o Support on completion of the weekly midas report ensuring that the hierarchy is up to date.
* Balance Sheets
o Ensure the ways of working are adhered to and provide adequate challenge to commercial finance.
o Ensure that review of all balances >£100k is complete at a period end.
+ Balances must agree back to the balance.
+ Supporting schedules must be auditable.
o Ensure any potential risks are escalated to FM and challenged with commercial finance in a timely manner.
o Maintain and be responsible for 3 central balance sheets understanding the systems that feed in and investigating any imbalances and investigate to fix issues that arise.
* Key Controls
o Completion of the period end key control evidence and submission.
* Disclosure
o Support the completion of the disclosure and ensure that supporting reports are completed by the team.
About you
We need a Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with a strong foundation in management or financial accounting. If you’ve got commercial finance experience, that’s a plus – but more importantly, we want someone who’s curious, proactive, and ready to challenge the status quo.
You’ll also bring:
* A ‘can-do’ mindset – a problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment.
* Strong analytical skills – able to turn data into action.
* The confidence to challenge and influence at all levels.
* Great communication skills – able to explain complex financials in a simple way.
* Resilience and adaptability – comfortable navigating a business that’s evolving and growing.
* A sense of ownership – taking responsibility for results and seeing things through.
About us
Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.
Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.
We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.
Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…
Some of the benefits you can expect as follows:
* 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage).
* Generous holiday entitlement.
* 4 and a half day working week with flexible working hours.
* Company pension contributions.
* Perks with over 850 retailers.
* Free parking onsite.
* A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave.
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