financial analyst United Kingdom
Job description
As we continue our mission to make people happy through chocolate, we’re looking for an Operations Finance Analyst to join our Finance team on a permanent basis.
As Finance Analyst you will be responsible to ensure the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of all financial transactions and reporting relating to Hotel Chocolat’s Operational function.
As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, you’ll receive 50% discount on all products, and a 70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia.
Here at Hotel Chocolat, we've adopted hybrid working. This means you’ll join us on site for three days a week (typically Tuesday to Thursday), and for the other two days – you can work from wherever you like! The on-site locations for this role are split between our two sites in Huntingdon and St Neots in Cambridgeshire.
What you’ll be doing….
- Preparing data for weekly/monthly reporting.
- Calculating accruals and prepayments for overheads.
- Preparing Balance sheet reconciliations.
- Supporting with Budget & Forecast preparation.
- Forecasting and preparing risk and opportunities.
- Supporting with auditor queries as part of the year end audit.
- Ad Hoc analysis / Project support (Continuous Improvement).
- Providing cover within the team as required.
Who you are…
Essential
- Attention to detail combined with high energy and an appetite for change.
- Great communication, with the ability to interact at different levels across the business.
- Ability to work with and analyse high volumes of data.
- Ability to plan, organise and work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong Excel skills.
Desirable
- Working towards achieving a Professional Finance Qualification (AAT).
- Experience in a multi-channel trading business.
- Some experience of using Dynamics 365 or ambition to learn Dynamics 365.
Who are we?
We’re one of the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser™.
A cacao pod takes years to grow – it can’t be rushed if it’s going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.
Now, we’re market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 100 stores across the UK, and we’re still growing… Today, we’re multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.
To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge – our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion – click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html
