Finance Analyst

Finance Analyst

Who we are and what we create?

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you! 

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career: 

• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

Responsibilities:

• Providing financial support to our banner property finance teams and supporting the with all financial matters.
• Support the annual Store performance review to provide insight into the performance of our stores across the Kingfisher estate, identifying areas of concern or where improvement is needed and supporting in action planning.
• Support the monthly reporting and forecasting process reviewing property capital expenditure and preparing both a monthly pack and a property pipeline report covering expansion, maintenance & energy initiatives as well as monitoring of IFRS16 banner reporting
• Leading the budget review process and supporting with analysis to support strategic priorities.
• Support the Post Investment Review (PIR) process detailing how recent projects with significant capital expenditure (covering over £600m capex) have performed since approval, identifying key lessons and findings and preparing the relevant presentations for onward presentation to the GE and PLC board;
• Act as a key contact for our external valuers for the annual process for reporting the market value of our owned properties (worth c£3bn) which is required for Year End disclosures;
• Lead the property sections of the Question & Answer pack to support Investor Relations as part of external market updates at Half Year and Year End;
• Provide ad hoc analysis and insight as and when required including supporting the GIC process, such as new property business cases & opportunities for lease renegotiations.
• Provide support as required with Energy performance tracking to support our company Sustainability objectives.

Qualifications:

• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills;
• Exceptional attention to detail;
• Strong communication skills;
• Flexible and adaptable, including willingness to travel;
• Enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills
• 1-3 years of experience in financial reporting, accountancy, audit, or similar related finance function
• At least Bachelor’s degree in Finance and/or Accounting and/or Mathematics
• Very good written and spoken English
• Basic understanding of IFRS or local GAAP
• Great numerical and analytical ability