Job Title: Inventory Accountant
Salary: Competitive plus benefits
Hybrid, Hook (3 days per week office-based however this can increase during month end). Regular visits to group operational sites are also required
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week (8:30am – 5:00pm)
Job Status: Permanent
At cinch our mission is simple - to remove the faff from buying and owning cars, giving customers more choice, with more ease (not to mention a free 90-day warranty on all cars...)
Already the UK’s largest online used car retailer, we’re expanding our offering with an exciting roadmap of online and physical retail solutions - including faff-free car servicing at over 100 locations across the country.
We’re part of Constellation Automotive Group - a family of brands that also includes We Buy Any Car, British Car Auctions (BCA) and Marshall Motor Group. Together, cinch and Marshall operate as Constellation Retail - bringing together 100+ years of motoring know-how at 130+ stores (Marshall) with a market-leading digital experience from a much-admired brand (cinch).
The road ahead for you is clear. Join us and you’ll get a unique opportunity to grow your career across two leading automotive brands that are really going places. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
What you’ll be working on
The company owns significant amounts of vehicle inventory, which is stored and prepared at a number of group operating sites around the UK. Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Inventory Accountant will play a key role in reporting and control in respect of inventory.
Responsibilities include:
- Accounting and maintaining accurate and up to date records relating to vehicle inventory, including preparation and posting of month-end journals
- Ensuring that purchases of inventory from multiple sources (auctions, lease companies, customers and other parties) and sales of inventory (to customers or to trade) are recorded accurately
- Inventory and other related balance sheet reconciliations
- Supporting colleagues in other parts of the business, including the Inventory Operations and Customer Experience teams, with processes which cross between inventory and finance, and in developing financial controls and processes for new transaction types
- Supporting operational teams in planning and preparing for stock counts performed during the year and as part of the year end process
- Regular attendance of operational site inventory counts to ensure that: correct processes are followed; records are properly maintained; reconciliations are performed and documented correctly; and any adjustments reflected in the general ledger
- Supporting the year-end external audit process
- Identifying and implementing improvement in processes and controls
- Ad-hoc analysis and participation in ad-hoc projects
Things we look for in you
- Experience of accounting for significant levels of inventory, located at multiple locations, is highly desirable
- Appropriate accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), or significant in-house experience
- Strong, current technical skills
- Desire to improve financial and operational processes, and experience of having done so
- Well-organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
- Ability to take ownership of tasks and see them through to completion whilst working under pressure to meet deadline
- Flexible, able to work in a fast-paced environment employing pragmatism where necessary.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Articulate, persuasive, confident, possessing sound intellect; a self-starter with the ability to combine professional rigour with practical business requirements
- Ability to work independently and present findings in a concise way.
- Experience of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or Navision accounting systems is preferred, but not essential
cinch and Rewards
cinch’s benefits programme sees that our people are supported both in and out of work. That’s what a faff-free life is all about. We offer:
- Competitive salaries and bonuses
- A company pension scheme
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to trained mental health first aiders
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
And so much more!
cinch and You
In making the most out of a career at cinch you need to be curious, creative, and collaborative. See, we are putting you in the driver’s seat, in control of your career and ready to drive your own development. There’s no bureaucracy, no hierarchy, just an environment with values that bring us together and a purpose that sets us apart. Join us as we continue to accelerate, defy expectations, and revolutionise an entire industry.
cinch and Diversity and Inclusion
cinch wants to help all kinds of people in the UK find and buy a car. So, it makes good sense to have all kinds of people working with us on the challenge. Conversations and the decisions they lead to are better for featuring different voices. Representation matters.
And doing your job while not being your authentic self is not faff-free. Being free to be the best of who you are as you soar to professional greatness is the kind of business we commit to creating, as one.