Join Superdrug Head Office – Make a Real Difference Every Day!
Location: East Croydon
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am – 5.30pm – Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
Salary: Competitive
Role Purpose
The Property & Investments Finance team plays a pivotal role in providing clear financial insight, analysis and guidance across the property portfolio and capital projects. We have a great opportunity to join the team as a Finance Analyst responsible for the financial management of 3 key Property Costs lines (Rent, Rates and Service Charge) covering c.800 Superdrug stores. The role will also involve the management of the Rent costs for our sister company Savers, c.500 stores. We care about individual career development and we’re looking for someone who wants to grow with us, with the business supporting you towards either CIMA, ACCA or ACA accreditation.
A Typical Day in this Role Includes
- Business partnering the Property leadership team, providing timely, accurate and insightful analysis to support delivery of company targets and profitability.
- Ownership of month end processes for Rent, Rates and Service Charge, including calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments, and providing clear explanations of variances where appropriate.
- Preparation of Balance Sheet reconciliations ensuring they are completed with a high degree of accuracy.
- Responsibility for updating Oracle Property Manager on a monthly basis for all changes in leases and assisting the Finance Manager with other tasks required for IFRS16 Reporting.
- Supporting the Finance Manager with the Quarterly Forecasting and the Annual Budgeting processes, coordinating inputs from Property and external stakeholders and producing high quality outputs for Board review.
- Building strong relationships with external Finance teams across our 3rd party providers and attending relevant supplier meetings.
- Developing an understanding of all areas controlled by the Property function in order to support on adhoc analysis / help provide support to the wider Property & Investments Finance team where appropriate.
- Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, processes and system use to deliver better insight efficiently.
- Substituting for the Finance Manager in their absence.
Key Responsibilities
- Understand customer needs and empower others to remove any barriers to deliver great service.
- Use positive language and behaviours in all interactions with customers and colleagues, building trust and rapport.
- Suggests and supports new ideas and ways of working which are designed to improve service.
- See every interaction with the customer as an opportunity to delight them and be comfortable using different platforms to communicate with them.
What You’ll Need
- Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA or relevant University degree (minimum of 2:1 grade).
- Experience using Excel (essential).
- Working knowledge of Oracle (desirable).
- Strong communication and time management skills.
- Ability to work in a fast pace and dynamic environment.
- Ability to develop strong working relationships both across the business and with third parties, including working with non-finance stakeholders.
Technical Responsibilities
- Actively look for new ways of working through AI that would benefit the business and move things forward.
- Actively develop your ability to use AI effectively and think critically about outputs.
- Strengthen Human Touch – Keeping the human element strong: Balancing AI efficiency with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion.
Benefits
- 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
- 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
- Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
- Company pension matching and bonus
- We offer Stream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
- We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
- Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
- Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
- Come and be part of something special!
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