POLLY LONDON CERAMICS

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Overseeing day to day bookkeeping processes, ensuring financial transactions are accurately recorded and reconciled
• Ensuring company financial policies are followed, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes to enhance efficiency
• Identifying cost saving opportunities, questioning inefficiencies and unnecessary expenditure, championing financial savviness
• Working closely with the People & Culture team to prepare monthly payroll for external payroll provider, ensuring all relevant administration is free from error and completed within strict deadlines
• Overseeing month end close activities, ensuring accuracy and efficiency of processes
• Preparation of monthly management accounts for review
• Supervise credit control procedures to ensure timely collection of receivables, managing and processing weekly payment runs and ensure accounts payables ledger is accurate and up to date
• Manage short term cashflow to support daily operations
• Ad hoc financial support to the business where necessary

Finance Manager

Manager

• Ensure every visitor has an exceptional Bird & Blend Tea experience and foster a customer-focused culture with memorable interactions.
• Become an expert on Bird & Blend products and values and handle escalated customer queries promptly.
• Drive your team to meet sales targets and KPIs and implement sales strategies with the Assistant Manager to boost not only sales but the customer experience.
• Lead, motivate and support your team to achieve individual and collective goals.
• Provide feedback and coaching to enhance individual and store performance.
• Recruit, induct, train, and develop a high-performing team that fosters a positive store environment.
• Oversee daily store operations, including opening and closing procedures.
• Organise and oversee team schedules to ensure there is enough cover on the shop floor at all times.
• Maintain high visual merchandising standards, ensuring the store always looks exciting, inviting, and accessible.
• Use your passion for the environment to support B&B in reaching impact goals set out in the sustainability and impact strategy and lead your team to do the same.
• Manage stock efficiently to optimise stock levels, minimise discrepancies, and ensure products are readily available.
• Arrange, plan and execute stock takes.
• Lead and host store and local events, including evening events, to make them enjoyable and memorable for our customers.
• Motivating and leading the team to get out there to spread the word about our delicious teas, whether greeting customers with a sample, outside of the store, or at external events.
• Foster relationships within the local community to increase footfall and successful store events and activities.

Finance Manager

Store Manager