Cost Administrator

at  Penneys

COST ADMINISTRATOR

Because we strive to put people first. Culture, our way.
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.
The Cost Manager provides financial and strategic support to key initiatives and activities under the Customer Function. The expectation is the person would be agile in providing financial support across operational areas of brand & marketing, Primark Cares, Innovation & Insights teams, managing each budget in line with Primark’s financial accounting & reporting guidelines.

What You’ll do:

• Responsible for raising Purchase Orders, working with the SoftCo system to capture all necessary data.
• Strictly attentive to detail and gain in-depth knowledge of expenditure by project.
• Manage and maintain the cost report by documenting all information. Valuable information for building reports.
• Build weekly, monthly and quarterly excel reporting expenditure to the Cost Manager.
• Attend relevant team meetings to review progress and identify future priorities for yourself and the department.
• Reports; review spend vs budgets, discrepancy and variance. Reports to be shared with Project Executives and Finance BP for discussion and review

We want every person in our organisation to feel like they’re making a key contribution. Here are some of the experiences and skills you’ll need for the role:

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, possessing the ability to effectively prioritise projects and deliverables whilst meeting deadlines set by management.
• 1 + years experience with excel or a finance office background.
• Effective planning and organisation skills, ability to prioritize various tasks, plan and organize work commitments schedule for self and team and work within agreed timescales.
• Great attention to detail and an ability to analyse and interrogate high volumes of data as well as demonstrating an ability to focus on higher level overview.
• Proven ability in handling sensitive matters whilst ensuring all Primark information remains confidential to the business