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Luxury Retailer | 4-Month Contract (Potential to Go Permanent) | Full-Time | 4 Days in Office
A leading luxury retailer is looking for an immediately available, part-qualified Assistant Financial Accountant to join its finance team on an initial 4-month contract, with strong potential to become permanent. This is a great opportunity to gain broad exposure, take on real responsibility, and make an impact within a small, supportive team.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for day-to-day finance queries.
- Post journals, maintain accurate financial records, and support month-end close.
- Draft payroll amendments and support Auto-Enrolment compliance (processing outsourced).
- Manage the Purchase Order process, Fixed Asset Register, and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
- Assist with management accounts, internal reporting, variance analysis, VAT return drafts, budgets, and forecasts.
- Support e-commerce/POS data integrity and help build PowerBI dashboards.
- Process AP invoices, prepare payments, and reconcile supplier statements.
- Generate customer invoices, manage AR collections, resolve discrepancies, and prepare ageing reports.
- Assist with onboarding/offboarding payroll tasks, holiday accruals, P11Ds, and PSA.
What We’re Looking For
- Part-qualified and actively studying toward CIMA (or similar).
- Experience in financial accounting with strong reconciliation skills.
- Familiarity with Xero and retail finance systems; strong Excel skills.
- Good understanding of UK GAAP, with excellent attention to detail and communication skills.
- Organised, proactive, and able to maintain confidentiality.
Nice to Have
- Multi-currency or UK GAAP reporting experience.
- Exposure to US GAAP, IFRS, consolidated reporting.
- Knowledge of PowerBI, Zoho, SQL, or payroll processes.
Salary circa 35K – Apply now for immediate consideration!
