Do you have a background in accountancy or audit? Do you want to add value and see the fruits of your labour realised? Do want the opportunity to join a key team in Finance delivering high-quality financial information to the business and our external stakeholders?

You will help deliver both our internal fixed assets and lease reporting, alongside working closely with our Corporate accounting team to help deliver external reporting to our investors and other stakeholders. You will gain visibility across various areas of Finance and the wider business whilst developing a great understanding of Asda's financial performance. You will have the opportunity to drive improvements to key processes and adapt our ways of working to new, as well help implement our new systems as part of Project Future. 

Your Role

You will be a key part of the Controllership team, combining your technical knowledge with communication and prioritisation skills to ensure that we deliver robust and informative financial reporting. Responsibilities include

• Technical accounting responsibility for the key lease and capital areas, including management of the asset register and accounting advisory to a range of internal customers;
• Executing and improving our key processes across fixed assets and leases;
• Taking responsibility for key control processes in the Property and Statutory Reporting team's remit;
• Driving further efficiency and effectiveness in our processes using digital tools and automation.

About You 

• You will be a qualified accountant either ACA, CIMA, ACCA or MBA
• Ability to identify and execute accounting and control projects to improve our control environment
• You must be proficient in the use of Excel; experience in use of digital analytics tools is desirable
• You must have demonstrable attention to detail, strong verbal and written communication skills and an ability to multitask, prioritise and work at pace
• Experience in auditing or preparation of statutory accounts would be preferred

Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you tochoosewhere you'll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves