Job Description
Our client a fast paced and growing business based in Marlow are seeking a hands-on Accountant with strong experience in online retail finance to take responsibility for the full accounting cycle of the retail entities within their remit. This is a broad role requiring ownership of bookkeeping, reconciliations, month-end close, management accounts preparation, balance sheet control, and support across reporting, compliance and operational finance. The role will also support the Group Finance Manager in delivering the wider finance remit across the trading businesses. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-paced trading environment, with a strong understanding of finance processes relevant to online retail, including revenue reconciliation, stock accounting, gross margin analysis and multi-channel sales reporting.
Key Responsibilities - Financial Accounting & Bookkeeping
* Manage the full end-to-end accounting for designated online retail trading entities.
* Maintain accurate accounting records across purchase ledger, sales ledger, stock, journals, accruals and prepayments.
* Own the Accounts Receivable and Payable process ensuring timely invoicing, credit control and payment processing
* Perform bank, credit card, payment gateway and intercompany reconciliations.
* Maintain fixed asset registers and balance sheet reconciliations.
* Ensure all transactions are posted accurately and on a timely basis.
Key Responsibilities - Management Accounts & Reporting
* Prepare monthly management accounts for the entities within remit, including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
* Support the Group Finance Manager to:
* Deliver an accurate month-end close to timetable
* Produce variance analysis and commentary
* Produce budgets, forecasts and cash flow management.
* Assist with ad hoc financial analysis to support commercial decision-making.
Key Responsibilities - Retail-Focused Finance Support
* Reconcile revenue across ecommerce platforms, sales channels, payment providers and banking receipts.
* Support inventory accounting, stock reconciliations and gross margin analysis.
* Monitor sales, returns, discounts, fulfilment costs and other key retail performance indicators.
* Support Group Finance Manager input into promotions, pricing analysis and process improvements.
Key Responsibilities - Compliance, Controls & Team Support
* Support VAT returns, audit requests and other statutory compliance requirements.
* Maintain robust financial controls and ensure supporting documentation is complete and well organised.
* Assist with year-end processes and preparation of audit deliverables.
* Work closely with Group Finance Manager to improve reporting, accountability and financial visibility.
* Provide day-to-day support to the Group Finance Manager across the wider finance remit as required.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
* Qualified AAT, or qualified by experience.
Experience
* Proven experience in a finance role within online retail, ecommerce or consumer products.
* Strong experience across bookkeeping through to management accounts preparation.
* Experience of sales reconciliation, stock-related accounting and margin analysis.
* Experience working across multiple entities or within a group environment would be advantageous.
Skills
* Strong technical accounting and bookkeeping skills.
* Confident Excel user with strong reconciliation capability.
* Highly organised, detail-oriented and able to manage deadlines.
* Hands-on and proactive, with a willingness to get involved in all levels of finance activity.
* Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders.
What you will experience:
* A broad and varied role with genuine ownership and responsibility.
* The opportunity to work closely with the Group Finance Manager and CFO in a lean in-house finance team.
* Exposure to a dynamic trading environment and the chance to contribute to process improvement across the finance function.
This role is fully office based in Marlow with car parking onsite.
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