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As the Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll report directly to the Head of Finance and play a pivotal role in the end-to-end delivery of management and financial accounts. You’ll support the timely production of accurate, relevant financial information for both internal decision-making and external statutory reporting.
Sitting at the heart of the Finance team, this role requires strong business partnering capabilities to act as a critical link across both the purchase and sales ledger functions. You’ll help shape an effective, insight-driven financial support service—delivering high-quality financial outputs through budgeting, forecasting and periodic management accounts to stakeholders across the business.
You’ll also be responsible for managing and developing two direct reports: the Assistant Management Accountant and the Senior AP Controller.
We’re looking for someone with solid experience in retail finance, ideally from a direct-to-consumer environment or within a large, dynamic business.
Key Responsibilities:
* Produce monthly management accounts, including financial account reconciliations
* Post key journals, such as those relating to commercial partnerships, marketing accruals, import pricing variances and inventory adjustments
* Manage the month-end close process
* Create divisional and company-wide financial reports, including income statements and overhead reporting
* Prepare and submit VAT returns, EC Sales and Intrastat to HMRC
* Maintain accurate prepayments and accruals schedules
* Assist in budgeting and forecasting cycles, including uploading plans into the ERP system
* Produce detailed income statements for retail operations
* Support internal departments with tailored financial reports and analysis
* Manage intercompany invoicing and reconciliation with international entities
* Continuously improve financial control processes and reporting systems
* Coordinate statutory audit and corporation tax filings with external auditors
* Collaborate proactively with internal stakeholders across departments
* Support wider business initiatives and ad-hoc finance projects as required
What We're Looking For:
* Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
* Strong Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF(S), INDEX MATCH and SUMPRODUCT
* High attention to detail with a process-improvement mindset
* Organised, adaptable and capable of managing competing priorities
* Analytical thinker with sound problem-solving skills
* Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership
* Team-focused and supportive, driven to help wider objectives as well as your own
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to liaise confidently at all levels
* Proven experience in a retail or consumer-focused finance role
* Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders with data-led insights
For more information, please contact Fraser Graham today.
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