Finance Intern

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JOB SCOPE AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

To support the Head of Finance with aspects of the accounting function of Luxottica Retail North Europe (which includes activities for Luxottica Retail UK Ltd, Sunglass hut Ireland Limited, Luxottica Netherlands, Luxottica Belgium and Luxottica Denmark [a branch of Luxottica Retail UK Ltd]), supporting the stores with all finance related queries and general assistance as required by other departments from time-to-time.

It is also vital that they are an effective communicator and well organized as an important part of this role evolves around communicating with our Global Business Services team in Italy and ensuring new stores are setup with PDQ’s and cashbooks in advance of their opening. Also able to liaise with other departments within UK Head Office to review their monthly spend and support the Finance team during month-end activities with accruals and prepayments workings.

They are also responsible for managing Finance admin activities (calendars, postage, documents archiving, invoices and files that are required by the business and local governments) working closely with AP department to guarantee a smooth PTP process (PO management, invoices posting, supplier payments) for Finance related expenses, but also Stores and any other department that seek assistance.

1. AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES:

• P&L Reconciliation and analysis – support month-end activities for monthly accruals and review with internal stakeholders
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation – both monthly & quarterly reconciliations in line with local and corporate requirements
• Banking – Setting up all stores with PDQ machines & Banking books and being the stores finance point of contact
• Eye Test accounting – NHS & corporate eyecare accounting, reconciling & credit control
• General administration – covers archiving, stores paperwork e.g. vouchers & petty cash and other projects as they arise
• PTP support to Global Business Services – covers PO management, collection of suppliers’ invoices, assuring internal controls and procedure are met.

1. TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• It is recommended that the candidate has an accounting/finance degree or certificate or equivalent
• They should be proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite in particular Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• It would be an advantageous to have knowledge in the use of SAP HANA, but this is not necessary as it can be learnt on the job
• Previous internship experience in Finance (FP&A, accounting) highly desirable, but not necessary

1. CANDIDATE PROFILE:

As the organization is a retail business, it is always fast paced and dynamic, and the candidate should be able to keep a good attitude toward supporting our business goals.

The candidate should therefore have a hands-on approach and curious to understand finance dynamics within the business. Also due to the nature of the business, there might be additional tasks or analysis that may not have been described above but fall under finance scope of activities.

1. LANGUAGES:

English