Accountant - Dairy & Meal Solutions

More about the role

You will support the Dairy, Frozen & Eggs category, providing financial expertise to support and challenge the Commercial Teams in order to deliver profitable growth for Morrisons. You will be working in a dynamic and fast paced environment supporting a large team of high-profile, commercial stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting decision making through delivering accurate analysis and insight
• Evaluating results to ensure there is clear understanding of business performance
• Completing period end activities (Stock, supplier income etc )
• Participating in the preparation and review of budgets and forecasts
• Play a key role in developing and following up on ‘gap closing’ activities to ensure performance is delivered in line with expectations
• Maintain accurate supplier income agreements including ensuring correct accounting treatment
• Identifying and Implementing improvements to ways of working within the Commercial Finance Teams
• Evaluating and challenging new product launches, promotional activities new proposals/existing business to ensure profitability
• Participate in cross functional project groups
• Providing ad hoc Finance support
  

More about you

We've built an incredibly diverse business, and we're working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs. For this role, we're looking for someone who has:

• An accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA)
• The confidence & ability to challenge non-finance stakeholders to deliver the right end-results
• Good verbal communication skills, ability to articulate financial data in a clear and transparent way
• Resilience and the ability to adapt in an ever changing environment
• Attention to detail skills

About The Team

With an eye on the future and our finger on the pulse of what's going on in our business, we partner with all of our teams and play a big part in the big decisions.

We support change programmes and capital expenditure projects. We provide business leaders with vital management information and analysis. As well as looking after our cash, accounts and working capital, we also control costs, produce forecasts, deliver insight and manage supplier reporting and supplier payments. There's never a dull moment in our Finance team.

More about our perks

We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here
• Su life assurance
• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional payroll charity donations
• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!