Retail Finance Analyst

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities:

• Finance liaison on performance for the Retail Division, adding value through extensive knowledge of pharmacy operational and financial performance.
• Being a Business Partner with the Retail Management Teams to drive and challenge
• Pharmacy P&L and KPIs, whilst providing timely and accurate reporting. Focusing on the links between financial and operational performance.
• Analyse individual and group pharmacy performance against budget and prior year, providing key insight to the operational teams and assisting them in their decision making. Areas include: Prescription Numbers, Retail Sales, Gross Margin, Branch Wages, Other Branch Costs.
• Assist in the month end process by providing analysis and commentary for the performance of KPIs in the draft accounts
• Assisting the budgeting and forecasting for the Retail Business. Providing key support for the Retail Teams in developing a strong budgeting process.
• Key finance and analytical support for future business investment in the Retail Division. This focuses on pre-investment analysis to assist decision making alongside potential payback periods.
• Cost control initiatives to understand the costs in the pharmacy portfolio and suggesting corrective action to improve future spending. Guidance, oversight and review of reports and tasks performed by the Junior Analyst Team in India.

Skills required:

• Experience working in a fast-paced, high volume, transaction orientated environment
• Excellent IT skills and mastery of MS Office.
• Advanced Excel knowledge (V Lookups, pivot tables, formulas)
• Building and automating reports
• Working with large data sets
• Confident, quick learner
• Hands-on experience with accounting systems
• Significant experience working under pressure meeting strict deadlines
• Team player with flexible attitude
• Hands on approach, analytical and detail oriented
• Positive can-do attitude, enjoys problem-solving and bringing tasks to a conclusion
• Good English communication skills as a high level of collaboration required for this role

Qualification:

• Accounting Qualification - M.com / ICWA / CA/ CIMA/ACCA
• More than 2 years' experience working in the Pharmacy sector / Retail sector / Sun Accounting - Q&A

Fringe Benefits
- Monthly Dinner
- Festival dinner/snacks
- Team Building Activity
- Diwali Party
- Christmas Gift
- Wedding gift
- Diwali Bonus - Employees would be eligible for the Diwali bonus on completion ofone year with the organization.
- Gratuity - Employee will be eligible for the gratuity as per the law of government.

Benefits:
 Accidental Policy- Individual employees would also be covered under the Personal Accident policy applicable only in case of any accidents / related disability up to INR 5 Lakh
 Medical floated group Plan- This Medical insurance will cover Employee, spouse and up to 2 children for medical expenses up to INR 3 Lakh

Additional guidelines:
Working Days: 5 days a week
Saturday working: once in a month
Working hours: 9 hours - UK shifts