Finance Manager

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Finance Manager within Financial Control here at Wickes on a 12 month FTC!

This role is responsible for the stability and accuracy of Wickes’ financial systems and core transaction processes.

Your primary focus is the day‑day administration of Net Suite
, ensuring the month‑end close is efficient and that all system interfaces are monitored and resolved. You will act as a technical point of escalation for the AP, Cash & Banking, and Rebates teams, providing the analytical support needed for complex reconciliations. This is a critical role that ensures our financial ‘business as usual’ remains robust and compliant while the wider department undergoes significant system transformation.

• Responsible for the functional administration of Net Suite, including user access management, cost centre updates, and the daily monitoring of EDI and Didos interfaces to ensure data integrity across the retail estate.
• Leads the efficient month‑end close for the AP, AR, and General Ledgers, ensuring all transactions are captured and revalued accurately. Proactively identifies and resolves ledger inconsistencies to maintain a clean trial balance and provide a reliable ‘single source of truth’ for the wider Finance team and external auditors.
• Responsible for providing technical and analytical support to the Accounts Payable, Cash & Banking, and Rebates teams, ensuring the integrity of complex, high‑volume reconciliations. Supervises and reviews critical month‑end balances—including Goods in Transit (GIT), Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI), and Store Cash (HOCA)—alongside the key reconciliation of sales versus tender. Proactively identifies and resolves discrepancies to ensure all retail revenue is accurately captured and banked, acting as a key point of escalation for transactional problem‑solving and process improvements across the estate.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating the framework of key financial and material controls across the transaction and systems environment. Ensures that all control activities are performed consistently and that process documentation remains accurate and aligned with Group policies. Actively validates the effectiveness of these controls through regular testing and review, ensuring they provide robust mitigation against financial reporting errors and operational risks.
• Supports the interim and year‑end audit cycles by coordinating the delivery of audit requirements for the transaction and systems areas. Acts as a key point of contact for auditor queries, ensuring that reconciliations, system reports, and process evidence are provided accurately and in a timely manner.
• Collaborates with the wider finance team to address audit recommendations, assisting in the implementation of improved controls and processes to resolve any identified gaps.

Provides ad‑hoc analytical and reconciliation support to the business systems transformation programme, including the rollout of new till (UCP), Order Management (OMS) systems and Finance ERP.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or similar)
• University Degree or equivalent
• A‑Level or equivalent

• Over 2 years PQE working for Big 4 or FTSE
  350 (or equivalent) in finance. Proven ability to manage plans, prioritise workload, meet deadlines and follow through to completion on projects, requests and tasks.
• Demonstrable progression throughout career. Net Suite Administration. Practical experience managing Net Suite (or a similar ERP like Oracle/SAP), specifically handling user access, cost centres, and period‑end close.
• Proven experience within a multi‑site retail environment, demonstrating a deep understanding of high‑volume, low‑value transaction processing across a large store estate.

• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Effective communication skills, written and verbal
• Well organised and effective personal planning skills
• Effective listening skills
• Good problem‑solving skills
• Data manipulation. Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables) to “interrogate” large data sets from EDI and Didos interfaces.
• Good understanding of change…