Stock Accountant - Appleby Westward Group Ltd

Appleby Westward Group Ltd are excited to announce a new opportunity for an experienced Inventory Accountant to join our growing team. As a key player in our wider finance team, you will support the Finance Manager with inventory reporting, stocktake planning, reconciliation, and valuation of approx. £10m+ of inventory.

You'll be working across the business with directors, department heads and finance professionals and be at the heart of our business. This role is genuinely important to our business performance - ensuring we can identify and implement efficiencies for period end stock reconciliations and reduce wastage.

You will ensure that external audit requirements are met for inventory reporting, and internal customers are provided with the right inventory information to support decision making.

Outside of reporting and audit cycles, project work and process improvements will be a key focus.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who ideally holds a professional qualification and has experience in a similar role.

Main Responsibilities

• Perform monthly inventory reconciliation to the General Ledger.
• Coordinate interim and year-end Wholesale and Retail stocktakes.
• Ensure compliance with all external audit requirements.
• Manage store stocktakes, including year-end, interim, seasonal, and ad hoc counts.
• Working closely with Trading and Purchase Ledger to ensure stock pricing is relevant and updated as required in a timely manner.
• Review stock provision policy and its impact on the P&L.
• Identify inventory balance sheet risks and opportunities.
• Perform additional ad hoc tasks as required by the Finance Manager

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Relevant Accountancy Qualification: Such as CIMA, ACCA, or ICAEW
• Post-qualified experience in a large retail environment
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage relationships with various internal and external stakeholders, each with different objectives and priorities.
• Analytical and Excel Skills: Strong analytical abilities and proficiency in Excel, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Independence and Teamwork: Capability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Workload Management: Ability to manage workload efficiently and handle potentially conflicting priorities.
• Proactive Attitude: Hands-on approach with a proactive, positive “can-do” attitude.

Desirable Qualifications and Skills

• Inventory Finance Experience: Previous experience in managing inventory finance.
• Retail/FMCG Experience: Experience working in a large retail or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) organization.

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