Assistant Management Accountant/ Accounts Assistant (luxury fashion retail)

Due to company expansion, an excellent opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Management Accountant/ Accounts Assistant to take charge of the Accounts payable function for the luxury fashion brand based in Central London

The role will take full ownership of the AP function working alongside the senior finance team, you will ideally have a strong understanding of the end-to-end processes in an Accounts Payable function, alongside the AP, you will be given the responsibility of producing the management accounts for 2 entities in the Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a good relationship with all suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Build relationships with and obtain authorisation from the relevant budget holder for each invoice received.
• Ensure supplier queries are processed and resolved in an efficient and timely manner
• To perform monthly supplier statement reconciliations
• Ensure all Invoices have a relevant purchase order assigned to them and raised within the system by the relevant budget holder
• Ensure all invoices/credit notes/payments are recorded within the set time scale
• Manage the payment run, ensuring they’re accurate and on time
• Monthly reconciliation of the supplier accounts, maintaining a strong control environment to prevent duplication of invoices, credit notes and payments, including full ownership of the aged creditors report.
• To meet the monthly KPI indicators and factors as outlined by the financial controller,
• Manage and reconcile deposits paid to Suppliers.

Management Accounting responsibilities

You will also be given the opportunity to gain exposure to the Management accounting process by supporting the finance team to ensure that Management accounts are completed and ready to review

• Work with the Finance Manager to support and assist in the bi-weekly short-term cash flow.
• Work with the Finance Director to produce sets of management accounts for 2 entities in the group
• To support the finance team to ensure that Management accounts are completed and ready to review
• Help prepare bank reconciliations for all accounts in the cash books for each entity.
• To assist with the preparation of the monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• To produce the relevant schedule such as bank reconciliations, Accruals, prepayment
• Full responsibility for Fixed Asset Register in various entities and associated capex schedules

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career further in the growing fashion brand