Company Banner
Full-time
AT

Assistant Accountant

London Area, United Kingdom

£40,000.00/yr - £43,000.00/yr

Full-time

Job Description

Are you a part-qualified accountant who enjoys getting into the detail, taking ownership of reconciliations, and working in a fast-growing retail/e-commerce environment? A high-growth premium fashion brand is looking for a US Junior Accountant to join its expanding finance team with a specific focus on ecommerce. This is a business scaling quickly and growing 20% year on year, with the US being the largest growth area. As the team grows, they’re creating clearer ownership across management accounts, reconciliations and month-end - giving this person the chance to step into a broad role with real responsibility from the outset. You’ll be joining a business that wants ambitious, progression-oriented people who are keen to keep learning, studying and developing as the company evolves. It’s a good opportunity for someone who already has solid grounding in month-end and reconciliations, but wants a role with more ownership, more exposure, and scope to grow over time. What will you be doing? • Owning online sales reconciliations, ensuring sales and accounts receivable are reported accurately. • Supporting month-end close, including preparing prepayments, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations. • Taking responsibility for purchase ledger reconciliations and supporting the AP team with queries and issue resolution. • Investigating chargebacks, refunds, returns and other online sales-related accounting issues. • Supporting commercial finance with budget vs actual analysis, variance investigation and commentary. • Assisting with forecasting and budgeting support by providing accurate financial data and insight. • Supporting finance-related workstreams through an ongoing ERP transition, including testing, validation and process improvement. • Collaborating closely with the wider finance team to improve controls, reporting accuracy and month-end processes. What would we love to see from you? • Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA, actively studying towards qualification. • Around 3+ years’ experience in a finance role. • Experience in retail, fashion or e-commerce highly desirable. • Good grounding in prepayments, accruals, reconciliations and month-end processes. • Strong Excel skills, including XLOOKUP / VLOOKUP and PivotTables • Someone ambitious, proactive and keen to grow in a fast-moving environment. • Strong attention to detail, with the confidence to investigate issues and work things through properly. Location: London (4 days in the office) Salary: £40,000 to £43,000 + bonus + study support

Skills & Qualifications

No skills specified.

Benefits

No benefits available.

Location

No map available.