Senior Finance Manager

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Full Time

Watford, Hertfordshire

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

April 2, 2026

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Job description

<div>We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Finance Manager within Financial Control here at Wickes on a 12 month FTC! This role is responsible for the stability and accuracy of Wickes’ financial systems and core transaction processes. Your primary focus is the day-to-day administration of NetSuite, ensuring the month-end close is efficient and that all system interfaces are monitored and resolved. You will act as a technical point of escalation for the AP, Cash & Banking, and Rebates teams, providing the analytical support needed for complex reconciliations. This is a critical role that ensures our financial 'business as usual' remains robust and compliant while the wider department undergoes significant system transformation. Key Responsibilities <ul><li>Responsible for the functional administration of NetSuite, including user access management, cost centre updates, and the daily monitoring of EDI and Didos interfaces to ensure data integrity across the retail estate. </li><li>Leads the efficient month-end close for the AP, AR, and General Ledgers, ensuring all transactions are captured and revalued accurately. Proactively identifies and resolves ledger inconsistencies to maintain a clean trial balance and provide a reliable 'single source of truth' for the wider Finance team and external auditors.</li><li>Responsible for providing technical and analytical support to the Accounts Payable, Cash & Banking, and Rebates teams, ensuring the integrity of complex, high-volume reconciliations. Supervises and reviews critical month-end balances—including Goods in Transit (GIT), Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI), and Store Cash (HOCA)—alongside the key reconciliation of sales versus tender. Proactively identifies and resolves discrepancies to ensure all retail revenue is accurately captured and banked, acting as a key point of escalation for transactional problem-solving and process improvements across the estate.</li><li>Responsible for maintaining and updating the framework of key financial and material controls across the transaction and systems environment. Ensures that all control activities are performed consistently and that process documentation remains accurate and aligned with Group policies. Actively validates the effectiveness of these controls through regular testing and review, ensuring they provide robust mitigation against financial reporting errors and operational risks.</li><li>Supports the interim and year-end audit cycles by coordinating the delivery of audit requirements for the transaction and systems areas. Acts as a key point of contact for auditor queries, ensuring that reconciliations, system reports, and process evidence are provided accurately and in a timely manner.</li><li>Collaborates with the wider finance team to address audit recommendations, assisting in the implementation of improved controls and processes to resolve any identified gaps</li><li>Provides ad-hoc analytical and reconciliation support to the business systems transformation programme, including the rollout of new till (UCP), Order Management (OMS) systems and Finance ERP. </li></ul></div><div>What we are looking for: <ul style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><li>Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or similar)</li><li>University Degree or equivalent</li><li>A- Level or equivalent</li></ul>Experience <ul style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><li>Over 2 years PQE working for Big 4 or FTSE350 (or equivalent) in financeProven ability to manage plans, prioritise workload, meet deadlines and follow through to completion on projects, requests and tasks</li><li>Demonstrable progression throughout careerNetSuite Administration. Practical experience managing NetSuite (or a similar ERP like Oracle/SAP), specifically handling user access, cost centres, and period-end close.</li><li>Proven experience within a multi-site retail environment, demonstrating a deep understanding of high-volume, low-value transaction processing across a large store estate.</li></ul>Skills<ul><li>Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills </li><li>Effective communication skills, written and verbal </li><li>Well organised and effective personal planning skills </li><li>Effective listening skills</li><li>Good problem-solving skills </li><li>Data Manipulation. Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables) to "interrogate" large data sets from EDI and Didos interfaces.</li><li>Good understanding of change management principles, techniques and tools </li><li>Ability to identify, engage and tailor communication to the relevant stakeholders </li><li>Ability to interrogate concepts and ideas with effective questioning to ensure understanding and clarity of direction</li></ul>Other Attributes<ul><li>Flexible and responsive to competing priorities </li><li>Team player and able to collaborate with others in a multicultural team </li><li>Remain focused and resilient for extended projects or in prolonged challenging experiences </li><li>Ability to professionally handle confidential matters and show an appropriate level of judgement and maturity </li><li>Self-motivated and possessing of a high sense of urgencyHigh degree of initiative, dependability, and ability to work with little supervision while being resilient to change </li><li>Highly articulate, personable and engaging Produces high quality deliverables with strong attention to detail</li><li>A curious mindset </li></ul></div><div> </div><div>What we can offer you?</div><div> </div><div><div style="">You’ll be supported with fantastic learning and development and have the opportunity to grow and develop your career with us.</div><div style=""> </div><div style=""><ul><li>We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that includes:</li><li>Competitive bonus (2027 period)</li><li>Contributory pension scheme</li><li>Colleague discount </li><li>Discount platform including savings and cash back at numerous retailers, savings on gym membership, cycle to work scheme.</li><li>Our widely recognised wellbeing strategy is something we’re proud of at Wickes. As part of this, we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits and support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, financial education & loans, and access to parental, menopause and fertility support. </li></ul></div><div style=""> </div><div style="">We recognise the value of bringing our teams together to collaborate, support each other and build on our amazing culture. We are also encouraging our teams to work flexibly, with a blend of remote / office working. </div></div><div> </div><div>Please contact us <a href="https://www.wickescareers.co.uk/reasonable-adjustments" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wickescareers.co.uk/reasonable-adjustments&source=gmail&ust=1665218416227000&usg=AOvVaw2727RLDdu25CVf4RaodB8R" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a> if you require any adjustments within the application process.  If you require any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage you will have an opportunity to inform us when we invite you to interview. Please note, this link is only for reasonable adjustments required - general enquiries, or direct CV applications cannot be accepted via this form.</div><div> </div><div>Vacancy Reference #100253</div>

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