Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant (12 month FTC)

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.

Finance at Primark
What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.


What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as a Financial Accountant
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Involvement in the preparation and analysis of robust periodic financial and management accounts.
• Assist the Finance Manager in supporting the international finance teams by ensuring payroll accounting adheres to local GAAP and IFRS requirements in all countries in which we operate.
• Support management to ensure governance, mitigate risk & appropriate controls are in place in an ever-increasing regulatory environment.
• Support management and the team in the record to report of Payroll & Reward – payroll record to report is a key area within the financial reporting and wider finance teams given the size of Primark and the number of employees.
• Ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and key contacts across varying levels across the business.
• Liaising with multiple teams to ensure costs being reported are understood and controlled. These departments include but are not contained to, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Bank, Accounts Payable, Internal Audit, ICT, P&C and local market teams.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA or Equivalent).
• 2+ years post qualification experience preferred (experience working in or with retail industry an advantage).
• Previous experience working in financial reporting would be desirable.
• Commercial awareness with ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of wider business factors.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong financial and analytical acumen (ability to analyse and interrogate high volumes of data as well as demonstrating an ability to focus on higher level overview).
• English is essential and other European languages would be an advantage.
• MS Office including Word, Excel (strong Excel skills are required) and PowerPoint.
• Oracle Financials, Excel4apps and Cognos would be an advantage.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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