Founded in 1856, Burberry today remains quintessentially British, with outerwear at its core.  Digital luxury positioning and intensive focus on design innovation, quality and heritage icons ensure continued brand purity and relevance globally across genders and generations. Burberry believes that in order to be a great brand it must also be a great company and constantly leverages the energy of its compassionate and creative thinking culture to continually innovate and drive the brand forward. Headquartered in London, Burberry is a design, marketing and retail led business with a global reputation for innovative product design, digital marketing initiatives and dynamic retail strategies.

• Burberry plc., a global multi-billion-pound luxury fashion business, is seeking to hire an RTR Lead Accountant. The role is part of Burberry Business Services (BBS) organisation based in Leeds, United Kingdom.
• The Lead Accountant is responsible for execution of Record to Report (“RTR”) UK and Ireland tasks within the BBS Finance function in accordance with the Group Policies, IFRS and local GAAP requirements. 
• In addition to relevant technical accounting expertise, this position requires a strong manager of people, processes and projects as responsibilities also include supervising Junior Accountants and improving BAU processes to achieve efficient ways of working.
• The successful candidate will work closely with key stakeholders including Group Finance, Treasury and Tax.
   

Delivery

• Execution, review and approval of RTR transactions and reports.
• Perform his/her own BS reconciliations and also review those prepared by direct reports 
• Responsible for timely completion and review of compliance requirements
• Responsible and accountable for the end-to-end solution and performance of an integrated set of processes.
• The job holder is expected to be part of an effective and sustainable team, which has the capability to deliver the agreed services now and in the future.
• Job holder will be accountable for training and supervising a Junior Accountant or managing a small team
• The successful candidate will conduct regular 1-2-1 and provide regular feedback on performance of Junior Accountants 
• Ensure compliance with the Group Policies, including operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting.
• Manage relationship with key internal stakeholders including Group Finance
• Role may require some travel at times and work on some weekend/public holidays during half year and year end periods.

Leadership

• Manage the Junior Accountant/team. Being a service organisation, they will need to ensure there is the necessary clarity across the team about roles, goals, timescales, urgency of deliverables and standards of work to achieve in order to meet expectations and ensure the good reputation of the team and the BBS centre.
• Ensures that Group Finance, Tax, Commercial Finance, Operations and BBS business goals and performance objectives are reflected and achieved in the process improvement projects and operations of the end-to-end process.
   

Continuous improvement

• Apply understanding of assigned business process to identify gaps and propose continuous improvement measures.
• Work closely with the process owners to understand root causes and represent process procedures, practicalities and exceptions.
• Proactively seeks feedback from peers, Group Finance, Tax team, Commercial Finance and Operations specialists, as well as their team, and uses this to inform future delivery of services.
   

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field is required.
• Professional accounting qualification is required e.g. ACA, CA, ACCA or CIMA.
• SAP training and certification is a plus.
• At least 3-5 years of relevant accounting experience, 1 year of which post qualification. 
• Fashion retail industry experience is preferred. 
• Strong technical background with experience in a FTSE company applying IFRS or local accounting GAAP is required. 
• Worked within a multicurrency environment, analysing and understanding the impact of movements in exchange rates in all areas of income statement. 
• Experience of BPC and advanced excel skills, an advantage.
• Demonstration of management/supervisory experience, including history of hiring, training, motivating and retaining accounting personnel is desirable. Can provide examples of effective leadership and getting the best out of people
• Requires good understanding of IT systems and processes.
• Has track record and appetite for delivering continuous improvement. Able to generate commitment to change amongst own team.
• Can provide evidence of working collaboratively with peers.

Skills

• Uses a variety of techniques to influence a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders across a range of operational issues. Able to establish personal credibility at all levels.
• Builds effective relationships through interpersonal skill and technical expertise to aid cross-functional working, delivery and a sense of collaboration and teamwork.
• Proactively asks for and acts on personal feedback, developing a high level of self-awareness.
• Can operate both at the tactical and, where required, detailed level.
• Displays an affinity for technology’s ability to drive efficiencies and enhance service delivery.
• Thinks conceptually and identifies and addresses future challenges and opportunities, often in an ambiguous environment.