About the role
Assistant Finance Analyst - Apprentice
Permanent (inc. 36-48-month Level 7 Apprenticeship Programme)
£30,500 + Pension + Bonus + BUPA + ShareSave Scheme + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working + Paid Study Leave
Southampton / Hybrid (2-3 days per week at the office).
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they'll love. Join us as an Assistant Finance Analyst and you'll be a big part of this.
PLEASE NOTE: THE ASSESSMENT CENTRE WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 12TH OF JUNE.
Key responsibilities
We are looking for driven individuals to join B&Q, the UK's leading home improvement retailer, part of the Kingfisher group. You'll be joining a fast paced, exciting finance team with a fantastic opportunity of future career development.
Our Finance apprenticeship scheme is a 36-48-month programme, to support gaining a professional Finance qualification (ACCA or CIMA) plus an industry recognised Level 7 apprenticeship qualification (equivalent to a Master's Degree). Alongside this, you will gain relevant work experience and essential skills & behaviours training. There will be plenty of support along the way in the shape of your development from your peer group, line manager and mentor.
You will develop skills in areas such as:
- Budgeting for key business functions
- Forecasting cashflow
- Statutory reporting
- Performance analysis
- Project appraisal
- Core accounting in our operational team
- Strong Excel skills
- Communicating with a variety of stakeholders
- Supporting in high profile presentations to senior managers
Required skills & experience
- Self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment
- Ambition to learn, grow and develop
- Ability to adapt, be flexible and embrace change
- Strong communication and organisation skills
- Team player - builds strong relationships with peers and stakeholders
- Ability to produce high quality work under pressure
- Can prioritise effectively - always clear what is important
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Beneficial to have experience using Excel & PowerPoint
What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you'll be valued for who you are.We're committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.
We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!
So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.
Please be aware that this vacancy will be open to applications until 13th May 2024. Due to the high volume of interest that we anticipate, we'll be in touch to update on the outcome of your application after this date. We also reserve the right to close the adverts ahead of this time.
We're ideally looking for successful candidates to join us on Monday 9th September 2024.