ACCOUNTING MANAGER 

JOB TITLE: Finance/Accounting Manager 

REPORTING TO: Managing Director + Part-Time Financial Director

DEPARTMENT: Finance 

LOCATION: London Office (130 Buckingham Palace Road)

START DATE: Asap

CONTRACT: 37.5 hours per week / 3-month probationary period  

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THE ROLE:

Responsibilities:

Finance and Accounting Operations: 

  • Ensure all finance functions and accounting records are accurately maintained and updated in a timely manner. 
  • Undertake all primary bookkeeping tasks, ensuring all income and expenses are approved, accurately recorded, and VAT is correctly treated.  
  • Initially, manage outsourced accountants, but to save costs, consider scaling outsourced accountants back to only handling payroll and annual accounts. 
  • Conduct regular reconciliations, including weekly reconciliations between all accounting systems, bank accounts, debtors, creditors, monthly income, and actual vs. budget cost summaries. 
  • Reconcile customer and supplier deposits, payments, and invoices, ensuring they match sales. 
  • Manage Purchase Order process interdepartmentally to ensure full and detailed clarity on company expenditures.  
  • Maintain all fixed asset registers, ledgers, and control accounts accurately. 
  • Assist in the preparation of management and statutory accounts and support the preparation of year-end files for internal and external review. 
  • Assist with the monthly stock reconciliation and attend physical stock takes as required. 

Financial Management and Reporting: 

  • Assist with cash flow management and maintain P&L for all individual cost-centres within business.  
  • Prepare VAT returns, ensuring timely submission. 
  • Create payment runs on a fortnightly and ad-hoc basis. 
  • Establish and implement financial reporting systems to comply with all regulations and legislation, ensuring the company always remains compliant. 
  • Assist in the preparation of budgets and financial plans for the company, incorporating appropriate market research. 
  • Establish new Month-End reporting structure and inventory stock-take procedures.  
  • Prepare payroll submissions for the Managing Director to review, prior to submission to the third-party payroll bureau. 
  • Assist the Finance Director and Managing Director in presenting all financial reports to stakeholders and board members. 

Cost Control and Efficiency: 

  • Identify cost savings and efficiencies for the company. 
  • Undertake credit control as required. 

Collaboration and Compliance: 

  • Liaise closely with other departments on all financial and compliance aspects. 
  • Identify and propose improvements to the finance function. 
  • Undertake project work as needed. 

Personal Qualitities:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field. 
  • Part-qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA accounting qualification is desirable. 
  • Several years of experience in a fashion/retail business environment. 
  • Management experience, with proven leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills, and a high attention to detail. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
  • High degree of honesty, integrity, and reliability. 
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with excellent research and analytical skills. 
  • High level of computer literacy, especially in Excel and Xero. 

If you are interested in applying, please email your CV here. Thank you!