Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!
Location:
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
Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

Were a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people they make the difference. Were all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here’s the exciting bit… A day includes:
The role is part of the Financial Reporting team which looks after Superdrug and Savers businesses, supporting month end close and processes, quarterly reporting to Group in Hong Kong, and all year end processes from liaising with auditors to statutory accounts reporting. It is a great opportunity for someone wanting to gain a breadth of experience in a Financial Accountant role, and exposure to a wide range of areas within finance.

Be the voice of customers and orchestrate the organization to live the brand purpose and inspire a customer-first culture to build customer love in every touchpoint of our online and offline platform.

A typical day in this role includes:

Take full ownership of preparing relevant internal and external reporting deliverables for relevant entities (e.g. Superdrug, Savers, AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited), including co-ordination of period-end activities as appropriate
Co-ordinate the preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations for relevant entities, ensuring robust reviews are performed and issues are appropriately resolved/ escalated in a timely manner
Prepare direct and indirect cash flows and balance sheet reporting for relevant entities, ensuring timely and accurate preparation of forecasts and reporting with insightful variance analyses
Take full ownership of preparing the annual corporation tax computations for relevant entities, including capital allowances, payments on account and period end tax postings
Develop and produce other relevant financial reports as required, for example annual statutory accounts
Support the Senior Financial Reporting Manager in ensuring Group accounting policy and internal control guidelines are well understood by key stakeholders in the business and in establishing the impact of new accounting standards
Support the Senior Financial Reporting Manager in undertaking ad-hoc projects for continuous improvement in financial reporting and control environment
Line management of Financial Accountant
Generate detailed customer focused initiatives, in line with the XX Put Department here XX strategy and supports with execution.
Listen to the customer and implement new ideas and ways of working which are
designed to improve service considering both Online and Offline.
Ensure the team priorities actions which delight the customer/team member

This job is a good fit for you if:

You enjoy working in fast-paced, ever-changing, finance environment
You are ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
You get satisfaction from a strong control environment
Youre at your best when building great business relationships and can influence others to see from your point of view
You like to add value through team collaboration and driving process improvement
Established strong relationships at all levels
Can manage tough/complex messages with all stakeholders
Role model collaboration with the team to exceed goals
Positive attitude towards feedback, uses this to generate initiatives to meet/exceed expectations, and shares feedback in a meaningful way
Effectively manages their team by playing to strengths and proactively addressing its opportunities
Ensuring everyones wellbeing & diversity is considered and celebrated
Feel empowered to challenge across different career bands and roles
Supporting other team members in shaping their work to do so
Proactively keep up to date with market and consumer trends in their specialism and feeds this into department strategy.
Use data and insights to challenge the status quo to keep us ahead of the competition
Use data to inform and generate new ideas and make decisions to improve on future plans

What youll need:

Qualified in a recognized accountancy qualification
Strong excel skills essential
Self-starter and able to work independently, with track record of picking up new areas quickly
Experience of month end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and corporation tax, would be advantageous
An interest in the retail sector would be useful

Technical Responsibilities:

Tech & AI : Helping your team understand when to use AI, when to rely on human judgment, and how to combine both
Tech & AI Rethinking how work gets done - Actively shifting work from repetitive tasks to higher-value activities as AI takes on routine work
Tech & AI Role modelling behaviors encourage confidence with AI. Actively developing your ability to use AI effectively and think critically about outputs
Tech & AI Strengthen Human Touch - Keeping the human element strong: Balancing AI efficiency with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion
Here’s what’s in it for you:
*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 programm