Assistant Financial Accountant – Fixed Term Contract

Description

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. xjnqpsq

* Knowledge of PowerBI, Zoho, SQL, or payroll processes.

Salary circa 35K – Apply now for immediate consideration

Ad ID: 5417543344