Role Overview
Reporting to the Finance Business Partner – Supply Chain/Stock Integrity, this role sits within Financial Operations and will be support for the integrity, analysis, and reporting of supply chain financials, with a core focus on warehouse, freight, and stock integrity accounting.
The position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial results through robust month-end processes, journal preparation, accruals, reconciliations, and stocktake/shrinkage reporting, while delivering insightful analysis to support operational decision-making.
The successful applicant will work closely with the supply chain and stock integrity teams
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare and deliver detailed analysis of major supply chain cost lines, including:
- Warehouse costs (labour, rent, handling)
- Domestic and international freight
- Produce weekly/monthly supply chain reporting with clear insights on trends and key cost drivers.
- Prepare month-end financial reporting packs, including variance analysis and commentary.
- Support monthly and quarterly management reporting requirements.
- Drive improved visibility and transparency of supply chain costs, including:
- Cost per channel reporting
- Store and merchandise-level supply chain cost insights
- Month-End Accounting & Journal Entries
- Prepare and post accurate month-end journals, including:
- Warehouse cost allocations and adjustments
- Freight expense recognition and cost allocation
- Inventory-related entries (adjustments, provisions)
- Ensure all expenses are recognised in the correct accounting period through:
- Warehouse accruals (unbilled operating costs)
- Freight accruals (un-invoiced transport costs)
- Freight Clearing & Reconciliations
- Perform detailed reconciliation and investigation of overseas freight clearing accounts.
- Identify and resolve variances between:
- Overseas Freight costs incurred
- Supplier invoices
- Inventory capitalised costs
- Ensure timely clearing of balances and escalation of aged items.
- Inventory, Stocktake & Shrinkage
- Support month-end stocktake processes across distribution centres and stores.
- Analyse stocktake results and identify variances against book inventory.
- Calculate and maintain inventory provisions for:
- Store shrinkage
- Data Integrity & Costing Accuracy
- Assist in ongoing review of master data (e.g. cubic measures, product dimensions) to ensure accurate freight and warehouse cost allocation.
- Support enhancement of costing methodologies to reflect actual operational activity.
- Improve reporting accuracy through alignment of financial and operational data.
- Continuous Improvement & Projects
- Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving:
- Supply chain reporting capability
- Cost allocation methodologies
- Financial processes and controls
- Support ad-hoc projects across finance and supply chain functions.
The Person We're Looking For
- Highly detail-oriented, with a strong focus on accuracy and process discipline
- Proactive and able to work autonomously while managing competing priorities
- Strong communicator with the ability to clearly document and explain financial outcomes
- Comfortable working across virtual teams and cross-functional stakeholder groups
- Demonstrates ownership, urgency, and consistent follow-through
Essential Skills & Experience
- 2–5 years experience in finance, inventory accounting, or supply chain operations
- Strong Excel skills (financial modelling and data analysis)
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
- Understanding of:
- Inventory accounting principles
- Accrual accounting
- Reconciliations and financial controls
