French Retail Accountant

A bit about us

Trek is an awesome place to work, with amazing benefits for all employees. We build only products we love, provide incredible hospitality to our customers, and change the world by getting more people on bikes. When you're on our team, you're taken care of, encouraged to learn and grow, and given lots of opportunities to do so. Give us your best, and we'll give it right back. Sound pretty sweet? Then come join us!

Job Description

Role Purpose

We operate 22 bike shops in SEU (South Europe: Spain, Italy and France), with more stores expected in the future. Trek's drive for excellence and our hospitality mindset put us in a unique position to set the gold standard for bike retail and ultimately get more people riding bikes! As our Retail function grows, we now need support from talented Financial professionals to achieve our goal of first class financial support and control, ensuring we are well positioned to continue executing our ambitious expansion plans. We are looking for someone who is confident and capable in both managing the end to end bookkeeping and becoming a respected business advisor; this is a broad, challenged and versatile role. Every day will be different, making this a perfect professional development opportunity to further develop business and technical knowledge

Key Accountabilities

• Financial Control

• Responsible for performing all bookkeeping tasks for several Owned Retail stores across Europe
• Verify and enter sales, cost of goods sold, payments and stock movement entries from EPOS
• Validate accuracy of invoices, reconcile with goods received, enter and pay via Accounts Payable
• Posting of all monthly Profit & Loss journals, ensuring an accurate P&L position by the end of Working Day 2
• Maintain accurate accruals and prepayments
• Maintain accurate Fixed asset register
• Reconciliation of bank accounts and supplier balances
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations on time every month, ensuring all balances are well understood & documented, supporting a 'no surprises' culture
• Maintenance of VAT records and preparation of returns where applicable
• Support the annual budgeting and monthly reforecasting process with analysis and insight
• Ensure systems are in place to monitor and support Financial Control in stores, acting swiftly when needed to maintain high standards
• Supporting Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) developments and process improvement projects

• Business Support

• Deliver business information and other customised reports to your customers in a language they can understand
• Utilize the excellent tools and systems we have to ensure we understand our margin, facilitating actions in stores in order to achieve maximum sales & margin
• Understand & monitor the business KPIs, supporting the store teams in driving improvements
• Coordinate monthly P&L review meetings with all of your Store Managers
• Facilitate insightful monthly or quarterly meetings with adhoc analysis as required
• Aim to visit all of your stores at least once every three months; some travel required.

Technical Requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office packages
• Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle, JD Edwards or SAP
• EPOS & Stock Control Exposure
• Experienced in international and intercompany invoicing
• Confident understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and European VAT rules or desire to learn fast
• Bookkeeping or Accounting qualification
• Minimum of two years bookkeeping experience, preferably with a retail focus.
• Excellent written and verbal French, Spanish and English language. Italian as a plus.

Personal Profile

• Bring energy and drive a drive for high standards to the role
• Capable of working both quickly and accurately, whilst staying focused
• No drama, roll up your sleeves approach
• Positive attitude
• Excellent attention to detail; tenacious and methodical
• Inquisitive; demonstrates a desire to understand and interact with the business outside of Finance
• Dedicated to continuous improvement; challenges existing thinking and has the confidence to make recommendations and drive projects forward
• Interest and enthusiasm for Retail & the leisure industry.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!