Assistant Accountant

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-paced fashion brand in a pivotal finance role. As part of the accounts team, you'll play a key role in ensuring smooth financial operations across multiple currencies and international suppliers. From managing payments and maintaining accurate ledgers to supporting VAT returns and overseeing the invoice process, this role offers a broad and hands-on scope.
You'll work closely with teams across the business and gain valuable exposure to the full product lifecycle within a fashion environment.
If you're detail-oriented, organised, and thrive in a collaborative setting, this is a fantastic chance to be part of a growing brand where your work directly supports creative and commercial success.

Main Responsibilities Will Include:

• Daily Finance Tasks
  Checking multi-currency bank statements, updating the cashbook, retrieving supplier data, and allocating daily payments received and sent
• Accounts Payable & Invoicing
  Inputting and coding invoices and credits into SAGE 200, checking VAT, maintaining AP ledgers and spreadsheets, and ensuring invoices match POs and GRNs
• Payment & Cash Flow Management
  Preparing weekly payment runs and cash flow, uploading payments to online banking, and processing staff credit card expenses
• Document Control & Compliance
  Ensuring document approvals per company procedures, scanning AP documentation to SAGE 200, and archiving in line with policy
• Supplier & Intercompany Communication
  Liaising with suppliers by phone and email, checking statements, issuing intercompany invoices and debit notes, and supporting German subsidiaries via portal uploads
• Ledger & Journal Maintenance
  Managing monthly and recurring journals, maintaining the nominal ledger and fixed asset register
• Month-End & VAT Support
  Assisting with VAT returns, running month-end reports on STYLEman including debtors and stock, and supporting customer credit notes
• General Finance Support
  Providing ad-hoc reporting and supporting finance and operational tasks as required

Person Specifications:

• Minimum 3 years including financial accounting and preferably with some experience in a firm of chartered accountants
• Experience in using SAGE 200 or equivalent accounting package
• Experience in using ERP System, Excel (minimum VLOOKUPS and Pivot Tables)
• Experience in working to strict deadlines, attention to detail and ability to work with other members of the team