We are looking for a Finance Manager to join our dynamic and inclusive fulfilment team based in Northampton.
This team is essential in delivering high-quality, cost-effective support to our colleagues in operations, commercial teams, and the broader network.
About You
The ideal candidate will bring operational finance experience, ideally within a 3PL or logistics environment, to help drive efficiency and success.
We're looking for someone who wants to understand the nuts and bolts of how our business operates; a real number-cruncher and creative thinker who isn't afraid of challenging how and why things work, provides workable solutions, and is quick to spot improvements.
About the Role
Essentially, you will be the analytical financial heart of the business, you'll be committed to working on the warehouse floor when required to fully understand all of our cost drivers and processes in the pick, pack, and distribution of our customers' products.
Producing short reports and analyses on a subject which can be easily understood will be second nature to you, as will your confidence and experience in supporting and liaising with our senior management team.
Reporting to our Financial Controller of Fulfilment, the Finance Manager will:
- Collate and report weekly volume, revenue, and gross margin accounting/operational information.
- Day-to-day and month-end reporting.
- Work in partnership, supporting our operational and account management teams to ensure our data billing and customer services teams are of the highest standard.
We welcome applications for this Finance Manager role from candidates with skills or attributes in any of the following areas: Finance Analyst, Business Analyst, accounts management, ledgers, accruals, prepayments, MS Office, Excel, analytical, reporting, ACCA, AAT, and QBE. Apply today, and we'll be in touch with the next steps.
Benefits
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement, starting at 31 days (including public holidays), increasing up to 36 days with long service.
- Access to our prestige benefits and rewards portal, including discounts on high-street shopping, days out, entertainment, and food & drink, including popular brands such as Apple, Samsung, and Buyagift.
- Long service rewards, both financial and leave-based.
- Health cash plan: in which you can get money back on health treatments such as prescriptions, eye care, dental, and more.
- Life assurance scheme: A scheme that may provide a lump-sum payment should you die whilst employed by the company.
- Career development opportunities: Through E-Learning, Management Development Programmes, and Apprenticeships, in which you can gain professional qualifications during working time at no cost to yourself.
- Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider who provides support to our people and their families in areas such as their health and well-being.
And other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader.
Working Hours
Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9 - 17:30, at our Northampton Depot.
Essential Skills
Who we're looking for:
- You'll be an experienced business or financial professional at a similar level, ideally with a logistics or similar background with a strong focus on developing relationships with your colleagues.
- You'll possess advanced Excel skills.
- Experienced in financial procedures, management accounts, ledgers, accruals, and prepayments.
- Confidence to question and challenge our data and processes, excellent attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy.
- Strong analytical skills, able to investigate and analyse data, identify trends and anomalies, and help to determine their cause.
- Dynamic and self-motivated, able to work autonomously with experience in managing conflicting demands.
Desirable Skills
Qualifications:
Ideally, you will be part or fully ACCA or AAT qualified; however, strong QBE candidates are very welcome to apply.
Why Whistl?
We are the UK's leading delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality and competitively priced services across business mail, parcels, fulfilment and doordrop media in the UK and internationally. Distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services, handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK.
We are in the top 100 privately owned companies with 23 locations across the UK. Our success is down to our people and the values we all follow to deliver excellence to our customers.
We think as part of a team, act with a can-do attitude and do the right thing. Following these simple values has resulted in our people delivering and exceeding our business and personal development goals.
We are a family of uniquely different people with strengths in the areas we work in, and we always have the opportunity to be curious to enhance ourselves.
We are a disability confident employer and embrace Well Being, EDI and ESG to make ourselves and our environment the best it can be.
Due to the nature of our business, this role may be subject to a DBS check.
