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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 SUMPRODUCTHigh attention to detail with a process-improvement mindsetOrganised, adaptable and capable of managing competing prioritiesAnalytical thinker with sound problem-solving skillsSelf-starter with a strong sense of ownershipTeam-focused and supportive, driven to help wider objectives as well as your ownExcellent written and verbal communication skills, able to liaise confidently at all levelsProven experience in a retail or consumer-focused finance roleComfortable influencing senior stakeholders with data-led insightsFor more information, please contact Fraser Graham today.
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